School Readiness Models Grant

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) oversees Texas public education, aiding over 5 million students. It administers grants to local educational agencies, including school districts and nonprofits, to enhance educational outcomes. The 2025-2026 School Readiness Models program promotes a research-based pre-reading model for preschoolers, aiming to improve early literacy and kindergarten readiness. This initiative fosters community collaborations and provides vital resources, including training and educational materials, to support Texas Rising Star Provider Certification.

Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the state agency that oversees primary and secondary public education. It is headed by the commissioner of education. The Texas Education Agency improves outcomes for all public school students in the state by providing leadership, guidance, and support to school systems. TEA helps deliver education to more than 5 million students under the leadership of the commissioner of education. The TEA operational costs are supported by both state and federal funds.
The Texas Education Agency administers federal and state grant awards to its subgrantees to carry out a program. Such entities include primarily school systems (referred to as local educational agencies [LEAs] in statutes), including independent school districts and charter schools; education service centers (ESCs); and, to a lesser degree, institutions of higher education (IHEs), nonprofit organizations (NPOs), and other statutorily allowable organizations.
Program Description
The purpose of the program is to implement a scientific, research-based, pre-reading instructional model for Head Start and licensed childcare programs that have entered an integrated program with the goal and objective of directly improving the pre-reading skills of three- and four-year-old children and improving overall kindergarten readiness. The program shall encourage shared resources through implementation of school readiness integration community collaborations. Additionally, the program must develop evidence-based guides, tools, statewide online and in-person trainings, and consumer education materials to support Texas Rising Star (TRS) Provider Certification Guideline content and outreach.