2024-2026 Texas Early Learning Strategic Plan

The Texas Early Learning Council developed a birth through five strategic plan as required by the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five. The strategic plan was informed by the 2023 Early Childhood System Needs Assessment in Texas. The Texas Early Learning Council developed the strategic plan through three facilitated sessions. The strategic planning process incorporated elements of human-centered design so that stakeholders, including families and workforce members, were meaningfully engaged throughout the development of the plan. The strategic plan includes measurable strategies related to families, workforce, coalitions, and data. View the Texas Early Learning Strategic Plan. For more information about the state's Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five visit Texas Workforce Commission's website.

Early Childhood Data Integration

In April 2022, the Texas Early Learning Council formed an Early Childhood Data Roadmap Work Group to explore a possible Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS) in Texas. The Early Childhood Data Roadmap Work Group collaborated across early childhood programs and with stakeholders to create an ECIDS roadmap for Texas. The Texas Early Childhood Integrated Data System Roadmap includes an overview of the current early childhood landscape, lessons learned from other states, and business case recommendations that could inform the development of an ECIDS in Texas. Visit the Early Childhood Data Roadmap Work Group page for details on past work group meetings.

A more detailed view of Texas early childhood data systems and potential linkages can be found in a companion report, Early Childhood Data Landscape and Inventory, by Third Sector Intelligence (3Si). An accessible version is also available. This report provides information on the types of data included in the state’s early childhood data systems, including key variables needed for the business cases identified in the roadmap and variables that could be used to link data across systems.