Texas K–12 Cybersecurity Initiative

What you get.

Compare the services, guides, and assistance. Choose one offering, then check its entry point and conditions.

For Texas public school districts and charter schools. Service-specific terms apply. Sources checked October 17, 2026.

Services with program funding.

Each card separates the benefit from eligibility, funding, and entry conditions. A listing does not verify enrollment or reserve capacity for your school system.

Funded service

Managed endpoint detection and response

Endpoint protection with managed monitoring and configuration support.

Scope: Funded EDR: school systems with student enrollment of 50,000 or less.
Cost and funding: TEA-funded licenses through DIR MSS; allocation limits apply.
Entry and limits: First come, first served. Confirm the allocated scope before rollout.

Explore the EDR entry point

Public reference: TEA program scope · TEA service FAQ

Funded service

Texas Cybersecurity Framework assessment

Assessment findings, recommendations, and a roadmap for improvement.

Scope: Available to eligible school systems of any size.
Cost and funding: TEA-funded assessment through DIR.
Entry and limits: First come, first served; request and provider scope confirmation are needed.

Explore the assessment entry point

Public reference: TEA availability · TEA-linked assessment guide

Funded service

Cloud email security

Email threat detection with UT-RSOC security-operations support.

Scope: Staff and student email in supported cloud email environments.
Cost and funding: No-cost program service; TEA pays through initiative funding.
Entry and limits: TEA lists the service as available. A separate UT-RSOC agreement and TEA request apply.

Explore the email-service entry point

Public reference: TEA email security FAQ · TEA enrollment instructions

Funded service

Awareness training and phishing simulations

Training content, phishing simulations, and reporting.

Scope: Staff licensing; the FAQ also describes student learning-content options.
Cost and funding: No-cost program licensing. Other provider products are outside this service.
Entry and limits: Begin through the regional ESC for staff counts, licensing, and onboarding.

Explore the training entry point

Public reference: TEA training-service FAQ

Funded service

Software deployment

Software deployment, patch management, and endpoint inventory capabilities.

Scope: School systems of any size; supported device and platform terms apply.
Cost and funding: No-cost program offering. Participation and onboarding must be confirmed.
Entry and limits: Interest survey through the ESC. Submission does not guarantee immediate deployment; funding constraints can affect priority.

Explore the deployment entry point

Public reference: TEA deployment FAQ · TEA program listing

Guides and regional assistance.

Resources and advisory support have a different scope from a managed service or software subscription.

Guides

Cloud hardening guides

Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace secure-configuration guidance.

Scope: Guides distributed through the regional ESC.
Cost and funding: Listed by TEA among the no-cost initiative offerings.
Entry and limits: Contact the ESC for sign-up and distribution. A guide is not a managed configuration service or an attestation.

Explore the guide entry point

Public reference: TEA guide-distribution instructions

Regional assistance

ESC cybersecurity technical assistance

Guidance on initiative controls, including MFA, email authentication, and local administrator access.

Scope: Available to school systems of any size, as offered by each ESC.
Cost and funding: TEA supports ESC technical assistance. Confirm the assistance scope locally.
Entry and limits: Region 10 guidance is advisory. This listing does not promise implementation capacity, a separate software license, or a response time.

Clarify the assistance you need

Public reference: TEA ESC assistance scope · TEA participation FAQ

A published program limit.

Keep closed enrollment separate from the offerings you can explore.

Closed to new participants

Network detection and response pilot

TEA lists NDR pilot enrollment as closed while participation and capacity are evaluated. This page offers no new-enrollment action or reopening date.

Read TEA’s NDR pilot status

Cost and scope

Confirm what is covered.

TEA-funded initiative services and other DIR MSS purchases have different cost arrangements. Additional purchases can require separate requests and school-system funding. Check TEA’s cost explanation.

Region 10 guidance: Confirm scope, costs, and approvals before ordering, renewing, or granting access. No district allocation or future funding is established by this inventory.

Published offerings, checked October 17, 2026.

TEA’s initiative page and the linked service FAQs are the public program references for this inventory. Card sources identify the supporting document. Local advisory recommendations are labeled separately. School systems retain decision authority.