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LASO Cycle 4 Applications Open Through Dec. 3

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Date: October 9, 2025
Subject:LASO Cycle 4 Applications Open Through Dec. 3
Category:Informational Update
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The Learning Acceleration Support Opportunities (LASO) is a single, consolidated application that combines grants, allotments, and in-kind supports, bundled around a few key strategies to accelerate academic gains.

LASO Cycle 4 Opportunities

Opportunities included in LASO Cycle 4 provide approximately $500 million in supports and services in four key areas: Curriculum & Instruction, Education & Training, More Time, and Innovative School Models. The following 15 initiatives will be included:

Instructional Materials

  • Leadership & Instructional Foundations for Texas (LIFT) - LIFT merges programs formerly known as Strong Foundations- SF, Texas Instructional Leadership- TIL, and Texas Lesson Study- TXLS
  • LIFT Add-on: School Improvement PLC Support Grant (LIFT SI PLC) Grant
  • School Improvement Curriculum and Instruction Support Grant (SI CISG) Grant
  • Blended Learning Grant (BLG)
  • Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (APCSP) Grant

Education & Training

  • PREP Program Allotment
    • PREP Residency Preservice Program
    • PREP Grow Your Own (GYO) Program
    • PREP Mentor Program
  • Texas Strategic Staffing for Residencies (TSS) Grant

More Time

  • Additional Days School Year Planning and Execution (ADSY PEP) Grants

Innovative School Models - Launch Grants 

  • School Action Fund (SAF) Grant
  • Navigating Excellence through Targeted Supports (NEXT) Grant
  • Early College High School (ECHS) Grant
  • Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) Grant
  • Virtual Hybrid Program Accelerator (VHPA) Grant

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