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FROM THE R3 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Happy New Year! I hope you had a relaxing break filled with family, friends, and a recharge of energy to allow you a prosperous year ahead.

The quote by Oscar Wilde spoke to me as I was preparing to write this week's message. As I scrolled through my social media during the break, I would see how people would joke about breaking their resolutions. I am sure, even if you won't admit it, everyone reading this has made a least one resolution for the new year. When we think about a prosperous year, what does that mean? Have our New Year's resolutions become as trivial as writing a phony check with no intent to cash it? To me, this all originates from our habits. If our habits are not causing us to be prosperous in our work, family, or life, then we should stop writing phony checks with no intent for action.

My challenge to you for this new year is to take that resolution and act on it. If you have become habitual in not cashing in on your resolutions, then do something about it; set up a monitoring calendar, engage an accountability partner, and progress monitor your resolution through the year. The only authentic way to have a prosperous year is to do what you have allowed yourself and others to expect of you, when you have allowed it to be expected, and by the high quality you have allowed it to be expected. Adjusting your habits to align with your resolutions will provide riches for you and others. Live long and prosper!

Happy New Year!

Morris

EXCLUSIVE, IN-PERSON SESSION OPPORTUNITY:

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

ERATE PROGRAM - FY 2023

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISION (FCC)

DON'T MISS YOUR DEADLINES!

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) that administers the Erate Program for the FCC has recently announced the filing window for FY 2023:

Form 471

Release Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Close Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Last possible day to file a Form 470: Tuesday, February 28, 2023

The Erate program provides funding for two service categories:

Category One Services:

• Data Transmission Services and/or Internet Access 

Category Two Services:

• Internal Connections 
• Managed Internal Broadband Services
• Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections

QUESTIONS? Contact Tony Pompa for more information.

IMPORTANT SUBMISSION DATES

UPCOMING WORKSHOP:

Kindergarten ECDS

January 10, 2023

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session #427181

QUESTIONS?

Contact Dawn Cummings or Geriann Neuman for more information.

FUN TECH FRIDAY

SHARE A GOOGLE SLIDE DECK IN PRESENTATION MODE!

Texas Instructional Leadership (TIL) is a program through which Region 3 provides training and support to campus and district leaders on their ability to build the capacity of educators that they manage. It consists of a suite of trainings intended to foster continuous improvement by helping campus and district administrators grow concrete instructional leadership skills in the areas of observation and feedback, schoolwide culture routines, and data driven instruction.

TIL trainings are aligned with many of the best practices described in the Effective Schools Framework. Region 3 builds relationships and provides ongoing support to our TIL districts throughout the school year.

TIL DISTRICT HIGHLIGHT: BAY CITY ISD

Contact Kim Schaefer or Lisa Blundell for more information about TIL.

Congratulations Region 3 nurses for attending the Texas A&M Opioid Task Force Training!

Thank you Dr. Alonzo, M.D. and team for the informative training. Our nurses are now certified to teach district staff the tools to identify, assess, and medicate someone having an opioid crisis in our region!

2023 A–F Refresh: Release of Cut Scores, Scaling Resources, and Amendment to the State’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) State Plan

TEA intends to submit an amendment to the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) state plan to adjust the methodology and targets within the Closing the Gaps domain in alignment with the refresh. Please submit comments on the proposed amendment through the ESSA Amendment Feedback Form by Wednesday, February 1, 2023. 

2022-2025 School Safety Standards Formula Grant

On October 27, 2022, Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, Speaker Phelan, House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committee Chairs announced $400 million in funding to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to assist school districts in replacing or upgrading doors, windows, fencing, communications, and other safety measures.  The 2023-2025 School Safety Standards Formula Grant application is now available in eGrants.

Deadline: 5:00 pm, February 17, 2023

Technical Assistance Dashboard Access

The Technical Assistance Dashboard (TAD) application is now available through the Texas Education Agency Login (TEAL) secure access system. LEA staff should submit a request for the TAD application by logging into their TEAL account. 

School Safety Allotment

FY 2022 school safety allotment data will be collected by mandatory survey beginning on Thursday, January 5, 2023, and concluding Wednesday, February 8, 2023. To successfully complete the survey, LEAs should review the survey preview and gather and collect information related to all expenditures from their school safety allotment for the 2022 fiscal year. 

Deadline: 11:59 pm, February 8, 2023

The Notice of Procedural Safeguards

A copy of the procedural safeguards must be available to the parents of a child with a disability and must be given to the parents only one time per school year, except under certain circumstances. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) updated the Notice of Procedural Safeguards on  

September 1, 2022. An electronic version of the updated Notice of Procedural Safeguards may be found at, https://www.spedtex.org/resources/notice-procedural-safeguards. Versions are available in twenty-three languages.  TEA has printed, and is in the process of distributing, the Notice of Procedural Safeguards in English and Spanish. LEAs will be receiving a shipment from Education Service Center 4 beginning January 10, 2023.