Request for Public Comment

Career and Technical Education State Student Organizations Grant
 
This program provides funds for thirteen Career and Technical Student Organizations in Texas to develop student leadership, personal growth, and career success through a well-rounded practical approach to learning.
 
Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Please submit any comments or questions before November 14, 2025.

School Improvement Curriculum & Instruction Support Grant (SI CISG) 

This program supports Title 1 school improvement and CSI, TSI, ATSI Designated campuses on strengthening curriculum and instruction by implementing non-Bluebonnet, high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), in the following key areas:

• SBOE HQIM Support: Technical assistance for adopting a State Board of Education (SBOE)-approved high-quality instructional material (HQIM) in eligible grade levels.
• Curriculum & Instruction Support: Technical assistance to strengthen curriculum and instruction in grade levels where an SBOE-approved HQIM list does not exist.

Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Please submit any comments or questions before November 28, 2025.

The Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas Rising Star Wage Supplement Program provides funding to create a temporary wage supplement for childcare workers. Childcare staff continue to place themselves at higher risk of COVID-19 infection while caring for children. This temporary wage supplement acknowledges the hazards they face and the incredible value of their work, as well as employers’ difficulties in recruiting and retaining qualified staff.

IDEA-C Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)

The purpose of IDEA-C ECI is to carry out programs that provide early intervention services for infants and toddlers enrolled in a Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (RDSPD) or the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) who are deaf or hard of hearing and for their families.

Adult education and literacy programs funded by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) provide English language, math, reading, and writing instruction to help students acquire the skills needed to succeed in the workforce, earn a high school equivalency, or enter college or career training.

The Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas Rising Star Wage Supplement Program provides funding to create a temporary wage supplement for childcare workers. Childcare staff continue to place themselves at higher risk of COVID-19 infection while caring for children. This temporary wage supplement acknowledges the hazards they face and the incredible value of their work, as well as employers’ difficulties in recruiting and retaining qualified staff.

Head Start is a federally funded program that delivers comprehensive early learning, health, nutrition, and family support services to children ages three (3) through five (5) experiencing poverty and their families. 

The purpose of the CTE program is to develop more fully the academic knowledge, technical, and employability skills of secondary education students who enroll in CTE programs and programs of study. 

As part of this grant program, LEAs and EPP partners must provide residents with a year-long, full-time residency consisting of the following:

• Sustained and rigorous clinical learning in an authentic school setting
• Evidence-based coursework focused on best practices in campus leadership, including a concentrated focus on instructional leadership
• Ongoing support from an effective mentor principal or school leader that includes short cycle coaching with an existing district protocol (e.g. the observation & feedback protocol by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo)
• Authentic leadership opportunities
• An opportunity to practice and be evaluated in a school setting

The purpose of this program is to support systemic change in the way that school districts address and respond to bullying, violence, and acts of hate. Supporting the academic and nonacademic needs of students by providing safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environments will result in improved academic achievement as well as mental, behavioral, emotional, and physical health and well-being of students. 

The grant will enable Region 10 Education Service Center (ESC) to administer a program providing funding support for LEAs and ESCs seeking training and certification for ECSE professionals during the 2024-2025 school year. The grantee will create a plan for prioritization of funds and determine the award process for program participants. Trainings will focus on behavior management and inclusive opportunities and will increase ECSE educators to improve student outcomes for children with disabilities, ages 3-5 and not in kindergarten. LEAs also can apply for funding through the program to support prekindergarten teachers with dual certification in special education and general education. 

Title I, Part A

Title I, Part A provides supplemental resources to help schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families acquire the knowledge and skills in the state content standards and to meet the state student performance standards.

Title I, Part C 

Title I, Part C provides supplemental instructional and support services for migrant students and out of school migrant youth.

Title I, Part D, Subpart 2

Title I, Part D, Subpart 2 supports programs to improve the educational services to children residing in facilities for delinquent children to acquire the knowledge and skills in the state content standards and state student performance standards.

Title II, Part A

Title II, Part A is to increase student achievement through improving teacher and principal quality and increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in classrooms and highly qualified principals in schools.

Title III, Part A ELA

Title III, Part A ELA is to develop programs for limited English proficient students to attain English proficiency, develop high levels of academic attainment, and meet the state content standards and student achievement standards.

Title III, Part A Immigrant

Title III, Part A Immigrant is to develop programs for immigrant children to attain English proficiency, develop high levels of academic attainment, and meet the state content standards and student achievement standards.

Title IV, Part A – Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAEP)

Title IV, Part A - SSAEP is to improve students' academic achievement by providing all students with access to a well-rounded education; improve school conditions for student learning; and improve the use of technology.

IDEA-B Formula

IDEA-B Formula provides supplemental resources to help LEAs ensure that eligible students (ages 3-21) with disabilities are provided with a free appropriate public education as required by federal statute.

IDEA-B Preschool

IDEA-B Preschool provides supplemental resources to help LEAs ensure that eligible students (ages 3-5) with disabilities are provided with a free appropriate public education as required by federal statute.

IDEA-B Discretionary Deaf

IDEA-B Discretionary Deaf helps ensure that eligible students with disabilities (ages 3-21) are provided with a free appropriate public education as required by federal statute.