001started today. Thank you so much again for joining us. Um today we're going to be diving into the leadership and instructional foundations for Texas program or Lyft. This is a grant we're really excited to share with you all today. Um we are also going to go over our Lyft add-on school improvement PLC support grant as part of Lasso cycle 4. This session is going to give you a clear understanding of what Lyft is, why it matters, and how it can support your district in building strong instructional systems. So, please feel free to submit any questions that you have throughout this session. There is a button at the bottom called Zoom Q&A. Um, after all webinars are completed, the slides and recordings will be posted to the Lasso Cycle 4 website. Um, just want to let
002you know that presenting today are myself, Amanda Galvin. I am district engagement specialist for the Lyft program and I'm going to be joined with Ashley Pos, director of district engagement and operations. We're going to be here to walk you through the program details and answer any questions that you might have. We're going to do our best to answer all questions that come into that Q&A, but just know that there's several of you in here and just a few of us. Um the chances of your question um maybe not getting uh answered today are pretty high, but we are going to post all of the questions in our frequently asked question document on the Lasso4 website. Should be posted in the next week or two. So like I said, sheer volume of questions. So go ahead,
003post them in there. Don't um don't count on it being answered today. We're going to do our best. But we also have our Lyft email on here.ex.gov that you can reach out to us at any time. So, here's our agenda for today. We're going to start with a quick overview of lasso cycle 4, then take a deeper dive into Lyft. We're going to follow up with the school improvement PLC add-on, and then we're going to close with key dates, how to apply, and next steps. Remember that Zoom Q&A is your key to answering questions today. Like I said, we're going to try our best to answer them all, but they will be put into the frequently asked document and posted on the lasso website. Before we move into our two grants for today, we're going
004to take a quick look at an overview of Lasso. And Lasso stands for learning acceleration and support opportunities. Lasso is TEA's consolidated application. It bundles grants, aotments, and inind supports into one single process. It simplifies access to key strategies that accelerate learning and enable innovation. We're proud this year that $500 million are estimated in supports. We have 15 initiatives to choose from and one application to access the funding. So, your application was sent on October 3rd. So, if you have a if you're a superintendent on the call, go look through your email, find that application, and apply for Lyft if you think it's something that fits for you. Lasso's portfolio organizes work around core strategies. Our focus today sits in curriculum and instruction because that's where Lyft is and our SIPLC add-on. We will keep
005today's discussion on just those two offers. But I do want to note that there are 15 grant initiatives. Like I mentioned before, this table gives a high view of the Lassa portfolio, but we're going to zoom into these two grant initiatives. Um, under the curriculum and instruction umbrella, there are multiple grants designed to strengthen student success. Like I mentioned, we're going to focus on just the two of them, Lyft and the Lyft add-on for school improvement PLC support. Now that you've seen the big picture of Lasso, we're going to dive into Lyft. We're going to cover what it is, how it works, and why it's such a powerful opportunity for districts looking to strengthen instructional leadership and implement highquality instructional materials. Lyft, or I mentioned before, that stands for leadership and instructional foundations for Texas.
006It's a three-year program designed to support Texas school systems in building instructional and systems level capacity needed to deliver highquality learning experiences for all students. This program is built on three powerful TA initiatives that might look familiar to some of you. Strong foundations, Texas instructional leadership, and Texas lesson study. By bringing all these powerful initiatives together, Lyft provides a comprehensive support for districts. So, take a moment, read through what is Lyft and start to ground yourself in in the why. Like I mentioned earlier, Lyft is built on the strengths of three TEA proven programs. So if you've been around in lasso cycle 2, lasso cycle 3, you've probably seen a few of these um initiatives with tea. Lyft is in its inaugural year and represents a bold step forward. It merges these three high impact
007initiatives into one comprehensive program for Texas school systems. From Strong Foundation, Lyft brings rigorous planning and support for highquality instructional materials or HQIM adoption. From Texas instructional leadership, it adds leadership coaching, observation, feedback cycles, and performance management routines. And from Texas lesson study, it incorporates collaborative practices like lesson internalization and student work analysis. Together, these elements create a really powerful foundation for sustainable instructional improvement across districts and campuses. This slide gives you a snapshot of what Lyft is all about. First, it's a three-year program like I mentioned before, which means districts receive sustained support over multiple years to create lasting instructional change. Second, Lyft uses aligned support models, tailoring assistance for district leaders, campus leaders, and teachers, so everyone is working towards the same instructional vision. Finally, the program is designed to take you from
008HQIM vision to sustainability, guiding school systems from setting that vision all the way to building strong, sustainable instructional systems that last beyond this grant period. We're really focused on that sustainability. Now that you've seen a quick snapshot of what Lyft is, let's talk about why this program was created. Highquality instructional materials are essential for student success, but they're not enough on their own. To truly bring curriculum to life, districts need strong instructional leadership and systems that support teachers. Lyft is designed to pair great materials with great systems so every student benefits from excellent instruction. So you can see in this vin diagram, we have our students in the center because that's what the heart of Lyft is. And really pairing HQIM with instructional leadership. We know that we can build sustainability across Texas school systems.
009Implementing HQIM well requires alignment across every level of the system. This slide shows how Lyft impacts every level. At the classroom level, teachers learn research-based instructional strategies or Arby's align to the instructional vision and engage in initial HQIM training. Moving up, instructional leaders and principles also play a crucial role in supporting that vision. They communicate expectations, guide HQIM selection, and ensure campus level alignment. At the top, superintendent and chief academic officers really define the vision, lead the change management, and secure board approval for the high-quality instructional materials adoption. What's important here is that these roles are not siloed. Lyft really creates alignment across levels. So teachers, campus leaders, and district leaders are working towards the same instructional goals. That's what makes LIP comprehensive. It builds systems where every link in the chain supports strong instructional
010delivery. So now we've taken a look at that HQIM. Now let's talk more about instructional leadership. You must have strong instructional systems to achieve sustainability. Instructional leadership is the backbone of strong implementation and Lyft ensures that every level of the system plays a role. At the classroom level, teachers internalize and prepare for HQIM delivery. So they're they're preparing for HQM delivery. They differentiate instruction and analyze student work to close gaps at the campus level. Instructional leaders, principles, and coaches lead PLC's, observe, and coach teachers frequently, and follow up with customized support to drive growth. At the district level, superintendent and chief academic officers set the conditions for success by aligning systems, managing performance, and calibrating alongside leaders to build coaching capacity. The key takeaway is alignment. Lyft connects these roles. So teachers, campus leaders, and
011district leaders are not working in isolation. Instead, they're part of a coordinated system focused on consistent, highquality instruction across every classroom. Now that we've had a quick glance at the Lyft grant and the why behind this powerful initiative, I'm going to turn it over to Ashley, who's going to give us a more in-depth look at what Lyft entails. >> Thanks, Amanda. Um, so as Amanda mentioned earlier, Lyft is up to a three-year program that provides school system support for sustainable implementation of HQIM. Uh, school systems can enter Lyft through one of two entry points. The first is the planning phase. The option of entering at the planning phase is for school systems preparing to adopt an SBOE approved highquality instructional material for the 20 2027 um 2028 school year. At this stage, systems do not
012need to have committed to any particular product. If at the end of their planning year, the district does opt to adopt a Blue Bonnet learning product, then they will be eligible for up to two additional years of support through the Lyft program. If at the end of their planning year, systems choose a different SBOE approved product, they will conclude their participation in Lyft after that planning year. The next entry point is the implementation phase. This is for systems that have already adopted or know that they will adopt a blue bonnet learning product for the 2026 2027 school year. These districts enter at the implementation phase and continue through deeper implementation and sustainability. Although the first year can be either in planning or implementation regardless of where systems start. if they adopt a Blue Bonnet Learning
013product and implement a Blue Bonnet Learning product, they're eligible for up to two additional years um of continuation funding, as Amanda said, to see through that sustainability of HQIM implementation. So regardless of entry point, Lyft begins with a needs assessment to evaluate a school system's current state through the support of their chosen approved provider. Lyft customizes programming to align to the needs of each school system. In just a moment, we'll talk through what some of those supports will be. So in that planning year, school systems are eligible for a variety of supports. Those planning supports help districts lay the groundwork for strong implementation, including developing an instructional framework, selecting an HQIM, aligning their instructional calendar and staffing model to be able to implement that HQIM, and training leaders on researchbased instructional strategies or RBs. These
014steps create the conditions for success when implementation begins. The needs assessment um that the district takes prior to the lift work will highlight if any of those um elements have already been completed at the district um or if a district needs to go deeper in any of the areas that they've already started in the initial um or in the initial implementation phase. school systems could receive any of the supports that you now see on the screen, including continued planning support, HQIM training, not just for leaders, but for all um teachers, instructional coaches, anyone who'll be supporting implementation of that HQIM, an assessment audit to ensure that all the assessments that a district is using are aligned to strong implementation of that HQIM and all leaders and teachers across the system know what those assessments are
015for um and how to use the data that they're gathering from those assessments. Observation and feedback cycles um as opposed to being general will be aligned to the delivery of their chosen HQIM. And then they'll begin both internalization PLC's but also uh performance management of the implementation to ensure that if the implementation is not going well in any area of your school system, you can hone in on that and make sure that implementation stays strong and consistent throughout your system. those deeper implementation supports once HQIM is adopted and launched. Deeper implementation is all about sustainability. So at this stage, districts move beyond just launching their Blue Bonnet learning product to embedding strong instructional practices in all of their daily routines. Supports could include using data systems to monitor instructional quality, refining those observation and feedback
016cycles, aligning evaluation and incentive systems to reinforce the effective implementation of that product and effective teaching. Districts will also receive guidance on analyzing student work, planning to ensure that um learners with diverse needs have all the scaffolds that they need to feel success with the product and building systems that will last beyond um the three years that the grant is funded. for campuses and school improvement. The Lyft add-on um that we'll talk about at the end of this webinar provides additional targeted coaching and support um to ensure that those PLC's and observation and feedback are really strong. So now we'll look at what a potential pathway might look like depending on what scenario school systems find themselves in. So for this pathway one, a school system is interested in adopting HQIM, specifically blue bonnet learning
017and applies to Lyft for the planning year. The Lyft needs assessment finds that the system has engaged with Arby's but has not yet developed an instructional framework and that some structures are in place to support schoolwide routines, observation and feedback, and PLC's, but the school system is not consistent or aligned across all of their campuses. So this would be an example of a district just starting out with Lyft. They would adopt HQIM need support building an an instructional framework, aligning systems, and preparing leaders for change. So you can see that we would provide targeted assistance in all of those areas, ensuring the district is ready for successful implementation. So you see um planning would be the supports that are provided in that first planning year. Implementation would be the supports that are provided in the
018next school year and deeper implementation would be the supports that are provided in the third year that the Lyft program is funded through this grant. Example two is a school system that's preparing to implement Blue Bonnet learning K5 math um for the first time in 2627 and applies to Lyft in that implementation phase. According to the needs assessment, the system is new to using HQIM, but has engaged with Texas instructional leadership on schoolwide routines and observation and feedback in prior years. However, there are now several new principles and routines are somewhat inconsistent across the campuses. So in that implementation year they would continue to get support for schoolwide routines strengthen that observation and feedback systems but now with a focus on blue bonnet learning implementation. They would get new support for change and performance management
019operational alignment to ensure they have the right number of instructional minutes and staffing model to implement their um chosen product. And then they would work on their instructional framework and ensuring that all stakeholders across the district have received training in those um in those RBs. For the additional 2 years that they would be in the grant, they would get deeper implementation which would focus on assessment alignment and student work analysis while continuing support for performance management, operations alignment, internalization, and observation feedback. And then in their third year, they would focus on sustainability. So really making sure that the district is set up to continue to be successful with their implementation once the grant period ends. So in that sustainability year, they might focus on aligning evaluation and incentive systems to strong implementation and continue to
020get support for student work analysis um and internalization to ensure their that teachers are meeting the needs of all learners with their chosen product. The third pathway that we'll look at is a school system that is already in implementation. So the school system engaged in strong foundations implementation in the 2526 school year for blue bonnet learning K5 RLA um and plan to continue that implementation into the 2627 school year. So according to the lift needs assessment um they would need continuing support on internalization and operations alignment just making sure that their implementation remains strong for that 26 27 year while also getting um continuing support in some of the other areas that are are focus areas in that in implementation year. And then they would continue into deeper implementation and sustainability. Um, again, that needs
021assessment is designed to really determine where the district has already been. What um systems, structures, and practices are already strong? And then identifying areas that need either strengthening across the district or maybe just aren't consistent districtwide but might have strengths or bright spots in dis in individual campuses that have participated in some of the programs that focused in these areas in past years. Now we're going to talk a little bit about the benefits that are available to you and and stakeholders across the district if you were to participate in this program. So, one support from an approved provider. Um, one of the asurances for this grant is contracting with an single approved provider from our state approved provider list. those approved providers have been vetted to ensure that they um are able they have the
022the talent and the skill to support any of the school systems in Texas with all of these areas of support that we've outlined in planning in implementation deeper implementation and sustainability. You have access to highquality professional learning aligned to blue the blue bonnet learning products instructional system support. So, we talked a little bit about those schoolwide culture routines and observation and feedback systems that really ensure that you can performance manage instruction across um you know the campuses within your school system. Those approved providers will be providing monthly classroom observations as well as monthly leadership coaching. So any of the leaders that engage in this grant will be expected to participate in monthly implementation support and monthly coaching with their approved provider. And then that customized technical assistance as we mentioned um the needs assessment is
023really designed to identify where there are strengths and where there are opportunities to sort of shore up um implementation and instructional leadership systems across the district. So, Lyft um also provides a good amount of funding across those three years. Um funding is not dependent on student enrollment. Rather, it is dependent on the number of district and campus leaders who engage in the program. Again, including that monthly implementation support and coaching engagement. So you can see on the screen um some average award amounts based on anticipated number of district and campus leaders for different district sizes. So again, this is not necessarily the exact amount that a district in one of these sizes would get, rather is an average based on the anticipated number of district and campus leaders that would participate in the program based
024on those district sizes. As you can see, the award amount is slightly different across each of the years. And you can find more information around exactly how awards are calculated in our program guidelines. So, how does Lyft benefit educators in the district? I know Amanda went over some of the ways that each um leaders in each altitude are developed through this grant, but we'll go through that again. The Lyft grant offers professional learning, regular classroom observations and leadership coaching to support successful implementation. So at the principal manager or district administrator level, um those leaders are receiving leadership coaching to effectively manage change strategic planning based on their um district specific context, strengths and needs. and then being trained in progress monitoring systems to spot and address implementation challenges within their system. School leaders and instructional
025coaches get support accelerating teacher growth through observation and feedback systems using schoolwide routines to maximize instructional time and impact and then leading those internalization PLC's to ensure teachers have a strong foundation from which to to facilitate those lessons for students. Teachers and specialists receive upfront and ongoing um high quality professional learning for blue bonnet math and or rla um training and practice grounded in those schoolwide routines and then training and support of planning practices to meet the needs of all learners. Now I'm going to pass it back over to Amanda to talk about eligibility and prioritization. >> Perfect. Thank you, Ashley. Um, so who is eligible for the Lyft grant? Well, Lyft is open to all Texas public school systems that meet the eligibility criteria. Districts can qualify in one of two ways. Like Ashley
026mentioned before, they can select and prepare to implement or adopt or prepare to adopt an SBOE approved HQIM in the 2728 year. So, you kind of go into that adoption route or commit to implementing Blue Bonnet in the 26 27th school year. If your district meets either of these criteria, we strongly encourage you to apply. Full details and guidance are available on the Lasso website. Districts awarded Lyft will commit to several key asurances. These include appointing a Lyft lead, securing a superintendent and CAO approval, contracting with an approved provider, and engaging leaders in training and coaching. Districts must also submit required deliverables, maintain communication with TEA, and ensure that grant funds are used in alignment with program goals. So, I want you just to take a minute just to look over this slide to see
027what some of the program assurances are. And also note that you can go to our program guidelines that are linked on the LASO website to get a full overview of the program as assurances. Implementing lift successfully requires a time commitment from key roles across systems. Earlier we talked about system alignment from all different roles within a school system. So superintendents provide that strategic oversight while district and campus leaders engage in planning, coaching, and performance management activities. Teachers participate in training and implement instructional practices aligned to HQM. These commitments ensure that the program delivers meaningful lasting impact. We know that some of you on here have a smaller school district, it may not have all these roles available, but just know that when you if you are awarded the grant, when you work with your approved
028provider, we'll ensure that the right pack kind of gets put on the right role and that role engages within the lift program if needed. Here's how our applications are prioritized. Our wards are are made by product and the districts are ranked from lowest to highest star scores within the five priority tiers. Priority tier one includes school systems with commissionerapp appointed board of managers, monitor or conservator for academic performance. Tier 2 covers eleas with an F-rated campus based on the 2425 accountability or campuses federally identified for school improvement. CSI, ATS or TSI. Tier three prioritizes districts implementing blue bonnet learning product that did not access strong foundations implementation support in lasso cycle 3. Tier four includes systems that previously participated in programs like SFP, SFI or Till are currently in TSL in good standing or implemented
029as CER OEER product. Finally, tier 5 focuses on rural districts defined by enrollment size and growth rate. One more important factor, districts with 165 instructional days or more or those committed to moving to 165 instructional days are prioritized. And we'll talk more about that on the next slide. Take a few minutes just to look through the priority tiers. And again, you can find this um graphic along with more information on our program guidelines that are linked on the lasso website. So, why does 165 instructional days matter? The Blue Bonnet learning scope and sequence is built on a 165day calendar. Districts with more than 165 days are prioritized because that extra time ensures full implementation in alignment with the curriculum. If your district is committed to moving towards 165 days in the 2627 school year, you
030will also be prioritized. This is all about giving teachers and students the time that they need to fully internalize and deliver highquality instruction. Approved providers are um vetted with our team and include education service centers and selected vendors. The full list will be posted on the lasso website. Districts will choose from this list when contracting with services to ensure that all supports meet TEA standards for quality and alignment. If your district is awarded, any contract with an approved provider must include specific language required by the state law and TA guidelines. These provisions ensure compliance with state and federal regulations. Take a moment to read over this slide to ensure that guidelines like this are included in your contract. Now, let's talk about the Lyft add-on. So, we've talked a lot about Lyft, like I mentioned
031before. Um, add some of those questions to the Q&A. We'll add those to the frequently asked questions, post them on the Lasso website. Um, but we're going to shift our focus now to the Lyft add-on school improvement PLC support. This is an optional one-year grant designed for campuses in school improvement that are already participating in Lyft. It provides additional resources for PLC facilitation, coaching, observation cycles to strengthen instructional practices. So, I'm going to turn it over to Ashley to give you more info on the screen. Thanks, Amanda. Um, so as Amanda shared, um, the Lyft add-on is a one-year grant just for campuses that are federally identified in school improvement. Um, so that expands existing PLC facilitation, coaching, and observation and feedback. Um, and before we go further with this one, Amanda, I wanted to
032mention something I forgot to say when I was talking about Lyft funding. Um I forgot to mention that school systems will only apply um for funding in the first year. So school systems will apply for funding in lasso4 if you are selected in lasso 4. Those additional 2 years of funding will be provided through continuation grants. Um, we have not yet published guidance on the criteria for earning those continuation grants, but it will be a good faith effort in making progress toward your implementation goals and toward the action plan that you identify with your approved provider based on your needs assessment. So, I wanted to make sure that I mentioned that. Um, now we can keep moving in talking about the um, yep, the add-on for the PLC. So, as we mentioned, it's a one-year
033grant providing targeted support to individual campuses in school improvement that are also uh participating in the Lyft program with a focus on strengthening instructional systems and HQIM implementation for some so some things that are different about this grant than the Lyft program. One, it's for um campuses within districts that are awarded the Lyft grant. Um it targets title one campuses identified as comprehensive um additional targeted or targeted support. Um and it is to provide additional support for that PLC facilitation um coaching of teachers and observation and feedback cycles. It is only a one-year grant as opposed to the Lyft program being over three years. Um, and individual campuses that apply are eligible to be awarded up to an additional $120,000. So, these are the same slides that you saw earlier when we were talking about
034the Lyft program and the pieces that the SI PLC add-on grant would strengthen are outlined in green. So you see there um the only campuses that are eligible for this grant are those that are entering in implementation. Um so the places where this grant would strengthen would be those HQIM aligned observation and feedback cycles and internalization PLC's. The intention of this grant is to strengthen that delivery to strengthen instructional delivery across um the campus that's in school improvement to see that accelerated improvement within the one year that this grant is awarded. Um, something to know is that if a system is seeking to continue implementing one product and also start planning for another product, it's one application in um, lasso for Lyft. So, you would just indicate your intentions in each of the categories in
035the application that are identified. So, those categories are K5 math, K5 RLA, and secondary math. And your options for each of those categories is to select that you're planning to implement in 2728. You know that you're implementing a blue bonnet product in 2627 or neither of the above. So you can indicate all of those things. If you are implementing in any of those categories, RLA, math, or secondary math, um then you enter in the implementation year, but your approved provider is able to provide planning supports for the um product that you're you're entering with planning, right? And you can see in that deeper implementation year, the SIP PLC add-on would support again those student work analysis PLC's and those HQM aligned observation and feedback. So it really is intended to strengthen implementation on the campuses
036that are identified for school improvement in the years where we're already implementing a Blue Bonnet learning product. And again, you see those um same slides we looked at earlier with the example pathways um how a system might enter and move through the Lyft program. Um those black um the black text on the screen is showing the supports that all systems that are in Lyft would receive. And that additional bullet, the Lyft PLC add-on support would just provide additional instances of observation and feedback on those campuses that are awarded that add-on grant. And similarly for the example pathway 3, you would see that additional instances of PLC support. So, additional support leading internalization PLC's, additional observation and feedback instances, and additional leadership and teacher coaching opportunities to really ensure that we're strengthening um across those campuses
037that are in school improvement status to ensure strong implementation can happen. Now, Amanda is going to talk about um eligibility for this grant. >> Awesome. Thank you, Ashley. Like I mentioned before, um, for Lyft, all school systems are eligible depending on the pathway, but for this grant in particular, it's really focused on campuses that are identified for school improvement under that federal accountability of CSI, ATS, or TSI, and are part of a district that has been awarded the Lyft grant. So, if you're awarded the Lyft grant and you've also applied for Lyft SI PLC support add-on, then um you will be eligible for um that grant because you were awarded Lyft. This ensures that the add-on builds the foundation established through Lyft and really provides targeted support where it's needed most. Applications for the SI
038PLC add-on will be prioritized based on federal accountability designations. So campuses identified as CSI or comprehensive support and improvement will receive the highest priority followed by additional targeted support or ATS and targeted support improvement TSI. This ensures that the resource are really directed to the campuses with the greatest need. Again, approved providers include education service centers and selected vendors. These have all been vetted by TEA. The full list will be provided on the lasso website. So with this one, districts will choose from the list when contracting services. However, if you look at this next slide, really we want to stamp that the Lyft add-on PLC support grant must have the same approved provider for Lyft. This really ensures that consistency and alignment across both programs. So when you're awarded Lyft, you'll choose an approved provider.
039if you are also awarded the Lyft PLC um SIPLC add-on, you'll use the same approved provider for both grants to ensure that consistency. So, I know I flipped through this approved provider site kind of quickly, but know that the list is on the lasso website um with more information on our ESC's and these vendor partners. Again, if your district is awarded, any contract with an approved provider must include specific language required by state law and TA guidelines. Take a moment just to look over this slide to ensure that this is included in your contract. More information will be um on the lasso website. So our path forward as you consider applying for Lyft or the Lyft add-on grant start by reviewing the program guidelines. And this goes for any of the 15 um initiatives that
040we have. that Lasso website is really your um pathway to um ensuring understanding for all these grants. So um get with your internal team, align your priorities and identify where um you need um support the most within your school system. Begin planning for that provider selection and take the next steps to ensure a smooth application process and successful implementation. So looking at this timeline, this is kind of our um next steps for the grant um process. So we're right here with the general webinars. Our application window opened October 3rd and it's going to run through December the 3rd. Um we have some office hours coming up next week. More information on um slides to follow. Um we are anticipating the award announcement to be on February the 2nd. So take a look at this timeline.
041Again, all this information can be found on the Lasso website. So, wanted to let you know that TA emailed a unique application link on October the 3. If you did not receive this link as a superintendent or you're not a superintendent, you may need to get in contact with your superintendent to receive that link. If you need to request an additional link, you can do that. There is a request for application link form on the LASO website. Locate that. fill that out and it will be resent to the superintendent. You can see a PDF of the application posted on the lasso cycle 4 website. So, um take a look at that, look at that, um applications, you know, how to answer the questions for the person that's going to be submitting. And our applications must
042be signed by the superintendent in order to be accepted. So, run all this through your superintendent before um applying. We have office hours coming up next week. So October 22nd 27th, excuse me, 2025 from 3:00 to 3:30, you're welcome to join us to answer some specific questions that you have about the grant. Um you can do um application support. So if you're struggling with your application October 27th from 8 to 8:30 and also again on November 3rd at 5:00 p.m. We will post all the frequently asked questions. Like I mentioned before, I know we've got some questions in our Q&A. We'll generate those, generate some answers, and post them. So that way, not only you can see the answer, but also um other school systems that might have a similar question. You can always email
043us at um lasso.ex.gov if you have technical or application assistance. If you have some program related questions um for Lyft, you can email us at lyfta.t texas.gov. Here's some information from the lasso team regarding the competitive grant process. This impacts all lasso cycle three grants including strong foundations planning. If your district has questions about this information, please reach out to on the lasso email. Again, just to stamp um the timeline, our application window is October 3rd through December 3rd. program webinars are October 6 through the 24th. So, this will be the last one that we have for Lyft, but we will post um the recording on the website. Next steps, visit the Lasso4 website just to familiarize yourself with this grant, the PLC add-on grant, or any of the other initiatives that we have out
044there. Um, and then a lot of different resources are available beyond just the program guidelines, the best fit guidance. So, you can open that up just to see if this initiative or potentially another one are a good fit for your school system. grant one pagers to really talk about what the preliminary grant eligibility are and then the eligibility and prioritization guide doc really helps inform um what your likelihood of being awarded is. You can find all this at ta.t texas.govlasso. That is concludes our time for today. I mentioned before lift.ex.gov for programmatic questions or blaso tea.ex.gov for any sort of application or technical assistance. We're going to hang around for another minute in case you want to put some more questions into our Q&A. We will answer those questions and ensure that they're posted on
045the Lasso website soon. Thank you so much for joining.