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Southwest ISD named to $2 million GEAR UP partnership with IPSE and University of Texas
Summary
District staff briefed the board that Southwest ISD is part of a GEAR UP partnership awarded to the Institute for Public School Initiatives (IPSE) at the University of Texas, bringing $2,000,000 aimed at a seven-year program to follow current 7th graders through college readiness supports.
Southwest Independent School District staff told the board the district will participate in a seven-year GEAR UP grant partnership managed by the Institute For Public School Initiatives (IPSE) at the University of Texas. The district's portion of the partnership award is $2,000,000, beginning Sept. 1 and running through Aug. 31 of the grant year, staff said.
"We partnered with the Institute For Public, School Initiatives, which we call IPSE for short," a district presenter identified as Zalina said during the briefing. She said IPSE asked the district to apply and that IPSE will handle recruitment and hiring for three grant-funded coordinator positions; those coordinators will be paid through the grant and IPSE will send…
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