LEA Grants

2024-2026 ESF Focused Support Grant Information

New ESF Focus Support Grant 2024-2026 One-pager

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) will provide Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Targeted Support and Improvement, and Additional Support campuses the opportunity the apply for a competitive grant titled the 2024-2026 ESF Focused Support Grant.

All Title l, Part A -served federally identified campuses (Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Targeted Support and Improvement, and Additional Support) will have the opportunity to apply for funding and support from the Division of School Improvement for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years.

The Title l, 103 ESF-focused support grant unique application link was sent to Superintendents on February 15, 2024. LEAs will have 45 days to complete the application; due April 1, 2024; 11:59 p.m.. Additional details and information can be found on the grants opportunity page.

The Division of School Improvement will post an informational webinar for LEAs to learn more about the 2024-2-26 ESF Focused Support Grant Opportunity at Division of School Improvement LEA grants webpage on February 23, 2024.

Please submit key questions to SIDivision@tea.texas.gov by March 1, 2024 to be added to the FAQ.

Key Points

• LEAs with Title I, Part A-served Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Targeted Support and Improvement, and Additional Targeted Support campuses will have the opportunity to apply for an LOI competitive grant and complete grant requirements. Please note that a campus may not receive funding concurrently from any School Action Fund grant.

February 15th, 2024	ESF FSG individual application links will be emailed to Superintendents
Friday, February 23, 2024	ESF FSGl Webinar recording to be released. Passcode: vY!ryo*0
March 1, 2024	Deadline to submit questions for FAQ. Questions must be submitted to SIDivision@tea.texas.gov
April 1, 2024; 11:59 p.m. CST	Due date for the application.

For more information, please contact the Division of School Improvement at SIDivision@tea.texas.gov.

Recording - Passcode: vY!ryo*0
Slides/Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

2023-2025 ESF Focused Support Grant Information

Visit the award list for the 2023-2025 ESF Focused Support Grant.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) will provide Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Targeted Support and Improvement, and Additional Targeted Support campuses the opportunity to apply for a letter of intent (LOI)-competitive grant titled 2023-2025 ESF Focused Support Grant.

All Title I, Part A-served federally identified campuses (Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Targeted Support and Improvement, and Additional Targeted Support) will have the opportunity to apply for funding and support from the Division of School Improvement for the 2023–2024 and 2024-2025 school years. LEAs may apply on behalf of their Title I, Part A-served federally identified campus(es) for one or more identified grant paths including:

Pathway 1 participation in one or more Texas Instructional Leadership (TIL) cohorts through a regional education service center

and/or

Pathway 2 participation in an external Vetted Improvement Program (VIP) identified on the ESF Vetted Programs website.
- Please note that additional VIPs will be included in the ESF VIP list in mid-February 2023. Please review this information after that time for a complete list of approved VIPs for the upcoming school year.

The Title I, 1003 ESF-focused support grant will post tentatively on March 13, 2023. Applications can be found on the TEA Division of School Improvement LEA grants webpage and are due April 21, 2023. The Division of School Improvement hosted an informational webinar for LEAs to learn more about the 2023-2025 ESF Focused Support Grant Opportunity on March 30, 2023. Materials from that webinar are available below.

Topic: 2023-2025 ESF Focused Support Grant Information Session

When: March 30, 2023 at 2:00PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Recording | Slides
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

2022-2023 Title I, 1003 School Improvement Grant Launch Webinar

The eGrants applications for the 2022-2023 Title I, 1003 School Improvement Grant posted September 13, 2022. Below is a recording of the grant launch webinar which was held September 9, 2022 that walks through the eGrants application and review pieces of the budget submission via the web-based Targeted Improvement Plan (TIP). A .PDF of the slide deck and a frequently asked questions (FAQ) file is also available as a resource.