We are 2017, 2018, and 2022 GEAR UP Partnership grants funded by the Department of Education and administrated through The University of Texas at Austin GEAR UP Institute of Public School Initiatives in the College of Education. We work with sixteen independent school districts in the Greater Austin,  San Antonio, and East Texas regions and strive to increase college enrollment and persistence for the Class of 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2029.

School districts include Del Valle ISD, East Central ISD, Edgewood ISD, Lockhart ISD, Manor ISD, San Marcos Consolidated ISD, Somerset ISD, Southwest ISD, Navasota ISD, Livingston ISD, South San Antonio ISD, Southside ISD, Lufkin ISD, Coldspring-Oakhurst ISD, Port Author ISD, and Jasper ISD.

We are also a partner in the Austin ISD GEAR UP grant.