LEA Grants

2023-2025 ESF Focused Support Grant Information

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)

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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.

Recording | Slides

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)