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LASO Cycle 4
Expected Application Window: October 1, 2025 through December 1, 2025

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 will offer 15 opportunities focused on curriculum & instruction, educator training, more time, and innovative school models.

 
$500M
in estimated services
and supports
 
15
initiatives to support
learning acceleration
and innovation
 
1
application to access
funding
 
 
 

LASO 4 Portfolio

Note: Below is a draft list of LASO opportunities. The finalized LASO 4 portfolio and descriptions will be available when the LASO application launches in October 2025.

To learn more about LASO support and services, see the initiative descriptions here.

 

Initiative​ District or Campus Level​ Estimated Total Allocation Available  Initiative Duration
in Years		 Estimated Range
of Award​		 Estimated Number
of Awards​

Curriculum & Instruction​

Leadership & Instructional Foundations for Texas (LIFT) ​

LIFT merges programs formerly known as Strong Foundations- SF, Texas Instructional Leadership- TIL, and Texas Lesson Study- TXLS​

District​

$248M​

3​

$200K-1.5M​

350-475​

LIFT Add-On: School Improvement PLC Support (LIFT SI PLC) ​ (available only for Title I Comprehensive, Targeted, and Addtl Targeted)​

Campus​

$45M​

3​

$150K-300K​

150-300​

School Improvement Curriculum and Instruction Support Grant (SI CISG) (available only for Title I Comprehensive, Targeted, and Addtl Targeted)​

Campus​

$10M​

3​

Up to $200K​

Up to 50​​

Blended Learning Grant (BLG)​ Two Cohorts: Academic - Math or RLA cohort and Strategic Operations Cohort​

District​

$6M​

2-3​

Academic- Up to $180K​Strat Ops- Up to $310K​

15-20​​

AP Computer Science Principles​ (APCSP)​

District​

$1M​

1​

$20K- 100K​

Up to 50​​

Education and Training​

PREP Program Allotment ​

  1. PREP Residency Program​

  2. PREP Grow Your Own (GYO) Program​

  3. PREP Mentor Program​

District​

$146M​

1​

Residency Program: $24K-1.6M ​

Grow Your Own: $8K-480K​

Mentor Program: $3K-120K ​

All eligible districts may receive the allotment​

Texas Strategic Staffing for Residencies (TSS) Implementation Support Grants​

District​

$2.92M​

1​

Up to $58.4K​

Up to 50​
 

More Time​

Additional Days School Year ​(ADSY) Launch Grants​ Two Cohorts: Full Year​ Redesign and Summer Learning ​

District​

$7.5M​

2-3​

Summer- Up to $200K​

Full Year- Up to $600K​

30-36​

Innovative School Models - Launch Grants​

School Action Fund (SAF)​

Campus​

$30M​

2-3​

$150K-300K​

27-30​

Navigating Excellence through Targeted Supports (NEXT)​

Campus​

$1.75M​

1​

Up to $150K​

Up to 5​

Early College High School (ECHS)​

Campus​

$800K​

1​

Up to $100K​

Up to 8​

Pathways in Technology Early College High School (PTECH)​

Campus​

$1M​

1​

Up to $100K​

Up to 10​

Virtual Hybrid Program Accelerator (VHPA) ​

District​

$5M​

2​

Up to $230K​

10-14​

Expected Timeline

  • General Webinar | September 16, 2025 or September 17, 2025
  • Application Window | October 1, 2025 – December 1, 2025 (closes at 5:00 pm CT)
  • Program Webinar Window | Early October 2025
  • Office Hours Window | End of October – Early November 2025
  • Selection Announcement | February 2, 2026
  • eGrants Window | February 2 – March 5, 2026
  • Notice of Grant Window | March 5 – May 5, 2026
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