2025-2026 TSBVI and TSD Consolidated Application Grant FORECAST

The 2025-2026 TSBVI and TSD Consolidated Application provides essential funding for special education services at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf. This program aims to ensure that students with visual impairments receive a free appropriate public education, protect their rights, support classroom instruction, and assess educational effectiveness. Additionally, funds may address other priorities set by the State Board of Education and Texas Education Agency.

This program provides funding for special education services offered by the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) and the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD), as authorized by the General Appropriations Act (GAA), Article III, Texas Education Agency (TEA) Rider 13 (c)(3,4) and (f)(1); and TSBVI Riders 3 and 5; 89th Texas Legislature.
TSBVI Short-Term Programs
Ensure that all students with visual impairments have available a free appropriate publiceducation (FAPE), which includes special education and related services to meet theirunique needs.Ensure that the rights of eligible students and their parents are protected.Support classroom instruction.Assess and ensure the effectiveness of efforts to educate students with visual impairments.
In addition, these funds can be used to address other priorities as determined by the State Board of Education (SBOE) and TEA.