Grant Opportunity Announcement

Empowering ECSE Educators to Improve Student Outcomes Grant Cycle 2 for School Year 2025-2026

We are excited to announce that the Empowering Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Educators to Improve Student Outcomes grant cycle 2 for school year 2025-2026 application will be open September 15, 2025 – October 31, 2025. This grant will enable Education Service Center (ESC) 10 to administer a program providing funding support for local educational agencies (LEAs) and ESCs seeking training and certification for ECSE professionals during the 2025-2026 school year. Applications for grant funds must fall into one of the following categories:

Trainings should focus on behavior management and inclusive opportunities and increase ECSE educators' ability to improve student outcomes for children with disabilities, ages 3 through 5 and not in kindergarten.
LEAs also can apply for funding through the program to support dual certification of teachers in special education and general education.

Please note: With the passage of House Bill 2 (HB2), educators pursuing certification in Special Education or Bilingual Education are eligible for financial support. Specifically, the certification exam fee for their first attempt on the associated content pedagogy exam will be waived, as well as the certification application fee. This means that when registering for the exam or submitting the certification application, the cost will be $0. Due to this change, the Empowering ECSE Educators to Improve Student Outcomes Grant – Cycle 2, reimbursement is available only for the Early Childhood: PK–3 (292) test.

For more information please visit the Empowering ECSE Educators to Improve Student Outcomes Grant Cycle 2 site on the Texas SPED Support website!