Raise Your Hand Texas has announced the launch of its inaugural Community Leaders Fellowship, naming 29 grant awardees to its first cohort. As the premier program within the organization’s newly established Education Advocacy Academy, the Fellowship is the next evolution of the successful Trustee Advocates Program, expanding its reach to include a diverse coalition of community voices. The Community Leaders Fellowship is an 18-month program designed to equip local teams — composed of parents, educators, business leaders, and school trustees — with the tools and skills necessary to find, use and amplify their voices in state education policy. The following school districts have been selected as Grant Awardees for Cohort 1 of the Raise Your Hand Texas Community Leaders Fellowship: Abilene ISD @abileneisd Alamo Heights ISD @AHISD Arp ISD @ArpISD Belton ISD @BeltonISD Canutillo ISD @CanutilloISD Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD @CFBISD Cedar Hill ISD @cedarhillisd Cleburne ISD @CleburneISD Comanche ISD @Comanche_ISD Corpus Christi ISD @CCISD Eanes ISD @EanesISD Early ISD @earlyisd Granbury ISD @granburyisd Gregory-Portland ISD @GPISD1 Harlingen CISD @HarlingenCISD Lake Dallas ISD @LakeDallasISD Lewisville ISD @LewisvilleISD Liberty Hill ISD @libertyhillisd Lyford CISD @lyfordcisd Martin’s Mill ISD North Lamar ISD @nlamarisd Paris ISD Plano ISD @PlanoSchools Port Aransas ISD @PortAransasISD San Marcos CISD @SanMarcosCISD Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD @SCUCISD Shiner ISD @ShinerISD Splendora ISD @SplendoraISD Wylie ISD (Taylor County) @WylieISD For more information about the program, visit raiseyourhandtexas.org/advan…. #CommunityLeadersFellowship #TxEd #TxLege