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Atlas Opportunity Score 96/100
93 days leftVerified August 30, 2026
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Texas Education Agency's LASO 26-27 Cycle 5 consolidated application opens September 23, 2026 and is scheduled to close December 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM CT. The portfolio currently spans 21 school-funding opportunities across five strategies, including school improvement, learning acceleration, rural pathways, teacher pipelines, advanced coursework and school-action initiatives.
Required next actionUse TEA's current LASO Cycle 5 portfolio to identify the best-fit initiative now, map the school system or campus to expected eligibility and improvement priorities, attend the September general-information sessions if useful, and prepare the underlying needs assessment, partner structure, implementation plan and budget. When the application opens September 23, retrieve the final initiative-specific guidance and award tables, reconcile any changes from TEA's planning estimates, and submit the consolidated application by December 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM CT.