Office of the Superintendent of Schools
Office of Academics
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Approval Of Project 25-03-16-55 And Related Expenditures From July 17, 2024, Through June 13, 2025
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The Houston Independent School District (HISD) seeks the School Board's approval of project 25-03-16-55.
On March 1, 2024, HISD was awarded the Learning Acceleration Support Opportunities (LASO) Cycle 2 Strong Foundations Implementation Carnegie Math (sixth- through twelfth-grade) grant by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for $1,389,500. The Strong Foundations Implementation provides grant funds to districts for technical assistance to support high-fidelity implementation of the instructional materials. HISD used this grant to support Carnegie implementation at per-unit allocation (PUA) campuses. As part of the TEA's requirements, HISD must use 70% of grant funds to contract with a single provider from the Decision 2 state-approved vendor list to provide high-quality professional learning.
The purpose of project 25-03-16-55, titled "Educational Training, Development, and Enrichment," is to provide services through a cooperative agreement with the 1Government Procurement Alliance (1GPA) utilizing cooperative contract number 24-04PV-37. This board item seeks approval of expenditures beginning July 17, 2024, and ending June 13, 2025. Services rendered during this period included:
* Delivered up to 1,470 hours of direct support under Strong Foundations Implementation.
* Customized support to meet local education agencies (LEAs) where they were in their high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) journey and developed a roadmap for the grant.
* Built an implementation plan, including change management strategies and an HQIM plan.
* Built district capacity to develop and implement robust Action Plans 1-4.
* Supported the actualization of goals set in the HQIM plan.
* Aligned walkthrough tools for Carnegie Math to the district's strategic vision.
* Trained leadership on the use of walkthrough too...
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