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Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnerships Program (PREP) Allotment
PREP Program Allotment Guidebook
*Version 2 of the PREP Guidebook will be available in early October!
Updates!
LASO Cycle 5 is now LIVE!
Visit the LASO 5 webpage for links and dates to the LASO 5 webinars, and additional resources.
Questions?
Submit all questions through the PREP Help Desk .
House Bill 2, passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and signed into law in June 2025, established the PREP Program Allotment to strengthen the quality of teacher recruitment, preparation, and mentorship across the state. Participation in the PREP Program Allotment is optional for eligible districts and open-enrollment charters.
The PREP Program Allotment provides funding for five partnership types, PREP Mentorship, PREP Grow Your Own, PREP Preservice Residence, PREP Preservice Traditional, and PREP Preservice Alternative Certification. Districts and open-enrollment charter schools applied for school year 2026-27 funding for the PREP Preservice Residency Program, Grow Your Own Program, and the Mentorship Program through the LASO Cycle 4 process. Applications for each of these programs plus the PREP Traditional and Alternative Preservice Programs will be available through LASO Cycle 5 in fall 2026. Funding is provided via foundation school program formulas and is available for every school system in the state. Each PREP Program type includes a specific funding formula structure in statute and provides funding for up to a specific number of supported teacher candidates or employees per year per school system. For PREP Preservice Programs, the exact funding a school system would receive for an individual depends on whether the school at which the teacher works is rural and the level of socio-economic need at the school where the individual is placed. There are certain statutory requirements related to allotment spending.
PREP Tools, Resources, and Information
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PREP Program Allotment Guidebook (*Version 2 of the PREP Guidebook will be available in early October!)
Business Office Guidance Document (updated 8/13/26)
PREP Residency MOU Template --- PREP GYO MOU Template
PREP Financial Planning Tool and Supporting Video Walkthrough
THECB-Approved IHE (for GYO)
Texas Teacher Residency Providers approved by SBEC (for PREP Residency)
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This tables below present participant counts for the Preparing and Retaining Educators Through Partnerships (PREP) Program by school system and PREP program for the 2026-2027 academic year. The counts represent a snapshot of data entered in the Educator Certification Online System (ECOS) as of 11:59 p.m. on September 11, 2026. Participants added after this date are not included in these totals.
These figures are provided for informational purposes and are based on data submitted and available at the time of extraction. Subsequent updates to participant records may result in changes to reported counts.
For questions about participation numbers, visit the PREP Help Desk.
PREP Program
Total Participants
Grow Your Own 1,145
Preservice Residency 1,508
Mentorship 5,607
All Programs (combined) 8,260
X = school system is not participating in that program. 0 = school system is participating but has not yet entered participants.
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2:00-3:00 PM
PREP Office Hour Registration Link for October 21
Wednesday, November 18th, 2:00-3:00 PM
PREP Office Hour Registration Link for November 18
Wednesday, December 16th, 2:00-3:00 PM
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Overview
The PREP Grow Your Own Program provides funding through which participating school systems support (1) school system employees who do not hold a teaching certificate in completing a bachelor’s degree and enrolling in a preparation program to ultimately become a certified teacher while employed by the school system and (2) high school students in completing career and technical education courses that help prepare the students to become classroom teachers. Funding may be used to implement the PREP Grow Your Own Program and pay tuition and fees for participating students or employees. For the LASO Cycle 4 application, school systems may only participate if they have been approved to participate in a PREP Residency Preservice Program.
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Overview
The PREP Residency Preservice Program empowers school systems to fund paid preservice teacher residency programs, providing candidates with extensive, yearlong clinical practice under the supervision of a host teacher. The program’s allotment funding flows directly to school systems and EPPs to fund the program implementation, including candidate pay, mentor stipends, and training and administrative costs.
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Overview
The PREP Mentorship Program provides districts interested in implementing high-quality new teacher mentorship programs with funding to (1) provide, at a minimum, $1,000 to the mentor teacher, (2) train all required district mentorship staff via the Texas Mentorship Training, and (3) provide release time for mentor teacher and beginning teacher mentoring activities. Any remaining funds may be used on strategic staffing training.