The Hays CISD board of trustees voted unanimously in favor of a one-year contract with STAR Autism Support LLC using a grant awarded by the Texas Education Agency.
The $1 million grant will be split among HCISD, Lockhart ISD, San Marcos CISD and Liberty Hill ISD.
HCISD will receive $554,925 of the grant over a two-year period and will use $515,000 for the contract with STAR. The remaining $39,925 will be used to pay district personnel being trained.
According to a district official, 27 teachers and 20 paraprofessionals working with students age 3-9 years old will receive training that would affect roughly 140 students.
