News from the Grants Administration Division
Competitive Grant Opportunity Published on the TEA Grant Opportunities Page
TEA is announcing the availability of grant funds for the 2025-2027 Texas Strategic Staffing Grant for Sustainable, Paid Teacher Residency Program grant program. Request for Application (RFA) #701-25-110 is authorized by the GAA, Article III, Rider 39, 88th Texas Legislature. The RFA is available on the TEA Grant Opportunities Page.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants for the 2025-2027 Texas Strategic Staffing grant are as follows:
- Any independent school district or charter that is not a previous recipient of the grants listed below are eligible for funding.
- 2021-2024 Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Supports, Decision 5: Residency Program Support
- 2023-2025 Texas Strategic Staffing Grant
- 2024-2026 Texas Strategic Staffing Grant
- An independent school district or charter that received one or more of the above grants is only eligible to apply if partnering with a different EPP from their prior grant application(s).
- All applicants must produce a verification form (linked on the TEA Grant Opportunities page) from an educator preparation program that offers a yearlong teacher residency. In this form, the EPP must confirm that they have applied for, received notification from TEA of recommendation for, or received SBEC approval to offer the Texas Teacher Residency Preparation Route. * They also much confirm their commitment to partnering with the district through the strategic staffing process.
* If the EPP has not received notification of approval or recommendation for approval for the residency certification route by April 11, 2025, then the applicant may no longer be eligible.
- Refer to the Program Guidelines for more information on eligibility requirements for this opportunity.
Grant Period
- June 1, 2025 through April 30, 2027.
- This is expected to be a one-time grant for the grant period listed above.
Funding
- A total of approximately $1,920,000 is available for this grant program.
- It is anticipated that approximately 24 grants will be awarded
- Grant awards are expected to be $80,000.
Description
The Texas Strategic Staffing for Sustainable, Paid Teacher Residency Programs Grant is a two-year grant to districts and charters, designed to provide direct technical assistance and other supports to districts/charters and educator preparation program (EPP) partnerships to design and implement paid, year-long high-quality, sustainable teacher residencies across SY 2025-2026 and SY 2026-2027. Strategic Staffing supports will be provided by Education Service Centers through the Texas Strategic Staffing (TSS) technical assistance service. Districts/charters and EPPs will make informed decisions to develop paid teacher residencies that leverage reallocation and reinvestment of local funds to support teacher residents’ wages while they engage in other instructional responsibilities such as: substitute teaching, paraprofessional roles, tutoring, and more.
Webinars
TEA will hold two webinars for this grant. Applicants and their EPP partners are encouraged to attend both webinars.
Webinar #1: Eligible Partnerships and Funding Focus – 9:00a-10:00a CST | Registration Link
Webinar #2: Application and Assurances Focus – 9:00a-10:00a CST | Registration Link
Application Deadline
Applications must be received by the Texas Education Agency by 11:59 p.m. (Central Time), March 7, 2025, to be considered for funding.
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