LASO Cycle 5 LIFT Grant
What is LASO Cycle 5 and LIFT?
Learning Acceleration Support Opportunities (LASO) Cycle 5 is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) grant opportunity designed to accelerate student learning and support school improvement.
Leadership and Instructional Foundations for Texas (LIFT) is a three-year, district-level program that brings together high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) implementation, instructional leadership, and professional learning to strengthen instruction and build sustainable systems.
E3 Alliance is a TEA-approved LIFT provider for LASO Cycle 5, LIFT School Improvement Accelerator (LIFT SIA), and School Improvement Curriculum & Instruction Grant (SI CISG).
How Can E3 Alliance Support Your LIFT Work?
Understand Your Data and Priorities
Analyze student and instructional data to identify root causes, set priorities, and measure progress.
Strengthen Instruction
Help educators implement HQIM effectively using research-based instructional practices grounded in the science of reading and math.
Build Leadership Capacity
Coach campus and district leaders to strengthen observation, feedback, instructional systems, and decision-making.
Create Systems That Last
Develop practical processes and tools your team can own and sustain beyond the grant.
Support HQIM
Reading Language Arts HQIM: Bluebonnet Learning Grade K-3 Foundational Skills, Bluebonnet Learning Grade K-5 Reading Language Arts (Edition 1).
Math HQIM: Bluebonnet Learning Grade K-5 Math (Edition 1), Bluebonnet Learning Secondary Mathematics Grade 6-8 (Edition 1), Bluebonnet Learning Secondary Mathematics Algebra I (Edition 1).
Why E3 Alliance?
Why E3 Alliance?
Deep Data Expertise
E3 Alliance combines school transformation expertise with sophisticated education data analysis, helping leaders understand what their data is telling them and translate it into action.
“Working with E3 Alliance has led to measurable improvements in student achievement by using data to identify gaps, implement targeted strategies and track progress with precision and accountability.”
Texas Education Experience
Former teachers, principals, and district leaders bring firsthand experience to the work.
Proven TEA Grant Experience
E3 Alliance was an approved provider for other TEA grants, including Effective Schools Framework, Strong Foundations, earlier LASO cycles, and now LIFT.
Support That Fits Your Needs
Rural, suburban or urban, E3 Alliance starts with your data, strengths, challenges and goals.
Real Schools. Measurable Results.
Real Schools. Measurable Results.
ALICE HIGH SCHOOL, REGION 2
D → B
Overall Accountability Rating
48% → 89%
College, career, and military readiness
Two TEA Distinctions
Reading/Language Arts, Science
JOSE BORREGO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, REGION 1
D → B
Overall Accountability Rating
Six TEA Distinctions
Math, Science, Social Studies
Top 25%: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25%: Closing the Gaps
BENITO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY, REGION 19
D → B
Overall Accountability Rating
Three TEA Distinctions
English/Language Arts, Reading
Top 25%: Comparative Academic Growth
What Does Working with E3 Alliance Look Like?
What Does Working with E3 Alliance Look Like?
Listen & Learn
Understand your district, data, and priorities.
Focus & Plan
Identify needs and develop a clear implementation roadmap.
Coach & Implement
Support leaders and educators as plans move into practice.
Measure & Sustain
Track progress, adjust, and build internal capacity.
“E3 Alliance tailors their support to meet the needs of the campus and the campus instructional leadership team. They are well-versed in instructional leadership and systems to support the improvement of student outcomes.”
TEA Timeline
TEA Timeline
Visit TEA for complete Cycle 5 details
Application Window | Sep 23, 2026 – Dec 1, 2026 (closes at 5 p.m. CT)
Program Webinar Window | Oct 7, 2026 – Oct 28, 2026
Office Hours | Recurring Mondays, Sep 28 – Nov 30 at 10 a.m. CT
Estimated Award Announcement | Feb 2027
Notice of Grant Award | Mar – May 2027