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The Texas Education Agency is committed to relentlessly increasing the number of students in great schools.  To this end, the School Action Fund (SAF) aims to increase the number of students in great schools by providing customized planning and implementation support to districts committed to bold action to transform low-performing schools and expand access to world-class learning environments for students. The School Action Fund currently supports the following bold school actions:

  • Restart a struggling school
  • Create a new school
  • Reassign students to a higher-performing school
  • Redesign a whole school

Currently, SAF supports school districts in all of the state's twenty educational service regions in planning, implementation, and continuation of transformative, bold school actions.  For more information on bold, transformative School Actions and School Model Playbooks, please visit the Center for School Actions website.

 

All SAF School Actions are/include:  

  • ESF-Aligned
  • High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM)
  • Research Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS)
  • Strategic Scheduling

School Action Fund Resources

The resources below align with the core components of all school actions.

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Effective Schools Framework

For information on the Effective Schools Framework (ESF).

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High Quality Instructional Matierals (HQIM)

HQIM with embedded assessments and diagnostic tools.

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Additional Days School Year

For more information on Additional Days School Year.

 

 

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Accelerated Instruction

For Information on Accelerated Instruction.

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STAAR Interim Assessment

For more information on STAAR Interim Assessment

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Texas Formative Assessment Resources

For more information on Formative Assessment.

 

 

 

 

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District Impacts

Shauna Lane, Dean of Academic Affairs, Floydada Collegiate ISD

"The School Action Fund grant was a transformative catalyst for our campus, enabling us to change a multiple year, low-performing rural school through a more engaging P-20 model.  Through the grant process, A.B. Duncan moved from a previous F/D rated campus to a high B, where students and teachers demonstrated impressive growth."

Stephanie McCloud, Chief Academic Officer, DeSoto ISD

"The School Action Fund helped our district to implement systems and structures that aligned district goals, and campus and district improvement plans with intentionality and purpose, hence increasing effectiveness."

80 districts across the state benefit from School Action Fund support

  • More than 196 Million dollars in direct funding or in-kind support.
  • More than 260 School Actions have been planned or implemented.
  • More than 116,000 Texas students served.

Upcoming Virtual Events

Gate 3 Office Hours (For Current School Action Fund Grantees Only)

Contact Information

For additional information, contact:

Laura Hyatt
Manager, School Action Fund
Laura.Hyatt@tea.texas.gov

schoolactionfund@tea.texas.gov