Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Supports (TCLAS)

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What is TCLAS? 

Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Supports (TCLAS) is a set of funding and targeted supports available to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to accelerate student learning in the wake of COVID-19, utilizing state and federal funds. To streamline accessing supports, TCLAS is available in one streamlined application to LEAs 

What is included in TCLAS?

Learning Acceleration Funding and Support Areas
Strategic Planning	Instructional Materials	Teacher Pipelines	More Time	Innovative School Models
Strategic planning and performance management to prioritize, launch, and continuously improve learning acceleration strategies	Rigorous, high-quality instructional materials designed to make up ground and master grade level TEKS	Talent pipelines that support teachers to deliver excellence in the classroom, getting more than 1 year of growth in 1 year	More time for the students in most need, including expanding instructional time in the summer and with targeted tutoring	Innovative school models to incorporate all of the learning acceleration framework

Within each area, an LEA selects specific supports of interest aligned with 10 key decision points: 

TCLAS is the only application process in 2021-2022 for many popular TEA initiatives including:

• Additional Days School Year Planning and Execution Program (ADSY PEP)
• Blended Learning Grant Program (BLGP)
• COVID Recovery Instructional Materials Support Initiative (CRIMSI)
• Grow Your Own (GYO)
• Math Innovation Zones (MIZ)
• Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)
• Resilient School Support Program (RSSP)
• School Action Fund (SAF)
• Strong Foundations Grant from House Bill 4545
• Support and Subsidies for Tutoring Programs
• Teacher Residency and Staffing Models

TCLAS Resources

• TCLAS Overview Webinar: Recording | Slides
• TCLAS Guidance Document August 5, 2021
  • TCLAS Afterschool Overview Document
  • TCLAS Afterschool Award Confirmation Webinar: Recording | Slides December 16, 2021
• TCLAS FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) August 13, 2021
  • TCLAS Afterschool FAQs May 18, 2022
• Interactive Timeline Resource July 29, 2021
• Reach out to TCLAS@tea.texas.gov with any questions

Note: In some cases, a TCLAS application may require non-substantive edits to ensure compatibility with TCLAS application data reporting standards (i.e. using commas versus spaces in a list). In this case, TEA may update the text so that it is compatible with TCLAS reporting processes. TEA will not make updates to any substantive information in the submission.

TCLAS Decision Point Overview Webinars

TCLAS Onboarding Webinars

TCLAS Approved Vendor List 

TCLAS Approved Vendors have been evaluated and approved to work with districts receiving supports through TCLAS. Districts participating in TCLAS may either receive direct grant funds to pay for products and/or services from vendors approved for specific TCLAS supports or may receive supports directly from approved vendors funded by TEA.  

• TCLAS State Approved Vendor List August 12, 2021