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About Region 17...
Region 17 Education Service Center is one of twenty regional service organizations that were created by actions of the Texas Legislature and the Texas State Board of Education in 1967. The centers are non-regulatory and each provides an array of services to support school administration and instruction. District participation in services is voluntary. The Education Service Center, Region 17's purpose is to serve school districts as defined in three directives:

 

  • To facilitate increasing student performance
  • To enable school districts to operate more efficiently and economically
  • To implement state education initiatives
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Public school districts included within Region 17 are located on the South Plains of West Texas, sometimes referred to as the Llano Estacado (Staked Plains). Lubbock, Texas, is the center of commerce and is the largest city in the area with a population over 273,000. Our school districts have diversified agricultural economies based upon agriculture production, manufacturing, distribution of goods, and production of oil and natural gas. The area also has an increasingly expanding medical and allied health based economy. There are four-year universities in the area; these institutions also offer graduate degree programs. In addition, there are several community colleges in our region.
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  • Region 17 offers a wide variety of professional development and technical assistance services in the following areas:

    Teaching and Learning
    Federal Programs and School Improvement
    Student Services
    Technology
    Business Services
    Information Management Services
    Child Nutrition

    In addition, Region 17 has applied for the following federal and state grants/contracts from the Texas Education Agency and other granting agencies:

    ADULT EDUCATION FEDERAL
    BLUEBONNET LEARNING ADOPTION & IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORTS
    CAPACITY BUILDING
    CHILD NUTRITION
    CIVICS TRAINING PROGRAM
    CTE LEADERSHIP
    CTE SHARED SERVICES ARRANGEMENT
    EFFECTIVE ADVISING FRAMEWORK
    ESC FELLOWS-TEXAS MENTORSHIP TRAINING
    FENTANYL TRAINING
    IDEA-B CERTIFICATION ONLINE IN DEAF EDUCATION (CODE)
    IDEA-B LEADERSHIP
    IDEA-B PRESCHOOL
    IDEA-B SENSORY IMPAIRMENT
    INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REVIEW & APPROVAL (IRMA) SUPPORT
    MATH ACADEMIES FACILIATATION PILOT
    MIGRANT MEP CONSORTIUM
    MIGRANT SHARED SERVICES ARRANGEMENT
    READING ACADEMIES ESC IMPLEMENTATION
    SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FACILITATION
    SPED LIAISON
    SSI COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
    STATE GIFTED/TALENTED
    STATEWIDE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS (SSVI)
    TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT (TIA) SUPPORT
    TEXAS STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
    TEXAS STRATEGIC STAFFING
    TIL LEAD
    TITLE I, PART A ESSA BASIC/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
    TITLE I, PART C MIGRANT
    TITLE II, PART A
    TITLE III ELA
    TITLE III SSA
    TITLE IV, PART A
     

    Updated: 08/27/2026

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