The trusted partner for your LASO Cycle 5 grants.
engage2learn is a TEA-approved provider for five LASO Cycle 5 programs. From application through implementation, we help set your grants up to last, so the award turns into growth for teachers and students.
One consolidated application, five focus areas.
Learning Acceleration Support Opportunities (LASO) is a single, consolidated TEA application that combines grants, allotments and in-kind supports around a few key strategies to accelerate academic gains. For the 2026-27 school year, Cycle 5 brings 21 opportunities together, with up to $400 million available to Texas school systems.
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Strategic Planning
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Curriculum and Instruction
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Strategic Talent Systems
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More Time
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Innovative School Models
Five programs, with one partner from planning to implementation.
A strong application is only the beginning. Our team walks alongside you from planning through implementation, and several programs require one approved provider for the life of the grant.
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LIFT (Leadership & Instructional Foundations for Texas)
A three-year grant for Title I school improvement schools ready to implement Bluebonnet Learning well. LIFT builds the leadership habits that make high-quality instructional materials stick: coaching, PLCs, and regular observation and feedback cycles. Systems work with one approved provider for the life of the grant.
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LIFT SI Accelerator (LIFT SI A)
A one-year add-on of $60K to $90K per school for systems in LIFT, adding deeper PLC support, coaching and progress monitoring for school improvement schools. Systems must use the same approved provider for LIFT and LIFT SI A.
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School Improvement Curriculum and Instruction Support Grant (SI CISG)
A one-year grant of $200K per school for Title I school improvement schools using high-quality math or reading materials other than Bluebonnet Learning. At least 70% of funds go to approved provider support, so the partner’s coaching shapes the results.
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School Action Fund (SAF)
Up to three years of support for Title I schoolwide school improvement schools pursuing a Restart, a new school or a Reassign action, with an approved technical assistance provider through planning, implementation and continuation.
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Blended Learning Grant (BLG)
A three-year grant with two pathways, Coherent Systems and Strategic and Innovative Operations; engage2learn is approved for both. Technical assistance is optional for Coherent Systems and required for Strategic and Innovative Operations.
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Education Elements, now part of engage2learn
Education Elements is also on TEA’s Cycle 5 approved provider list for LIFT, the Blended Learning Coherent Systems pathway and the School Action Fund.
Applications close December 1, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. CT.
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Sept 23
Applications open.
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Oct 7–28
Program webinars.
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Nov 2–19
Program office hours.
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Dec 1
Application deadline.
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February
Awards announced.
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March–May
Grant agreements released.
Texas educators, turnkey support, a track record.
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A team of Texas educators
Our educators care about public education and have long experience improving Texas schools and raising student achievement.
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Wrap-around, turnkey support
Our team implements every part of your district’s grant initiatives and handles the coordination, so your staff can spend their time on students.
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A proven track record
Trusted by more than 300 districts nationwide, we build systems that last and improve results for teachers and students.
engage2learn has been a Strong Foundations Planning partner since LASO Cycle 1. In Cycle 4 we were an approved provider for Strong Foundations Planning, Strong Foundations Implementation, Strong Foundations PLC Support, Instructional Leadership Pathways, the School Action Fund and Blended Learning. Cycle 4 has closed; the five programs above are this cycle’s.
Two guides for HQIM implementation fidelity and effectiveness.
Choose your LASO partner before December 1.
Tell us which Cycle 5 programs you are weighing. We’ll help you match them to your goals, think through eligibility and plan for the work after the award.