The purpose and intent of this program is to provide financial assistance to school districts to ensure that teachers and where appropriate staff and administrators have access to intensive and sustained high-quality professional development in the core academic subjects with a primary focus on mathematics and science. The focus of this program is on staff development. The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act was established to provide state and local education agencies funding to develop and enhance educational programs of violence and drug prevention, early intervention, and rehabilitation referral in elementary and secondary schools. Hughes Springs ISD provides curriculum on Safe and Drug-free schools. Through curriculum and planned programs, all students are involved through assemblies, classroom presentations, and the D.A.R.E. programs.
Staff development includes strategies for crisis intervention.
Hughes Springs ISD provides reading books and library materials for the district. The purpose of this program is to provide students with an opportunity to apply academic skills while providing highly transferable technical skills and knowledge for students to reach their maximum potential in higher education, in the workforce, and for personnel application. Parents will be notified if their child has been classified as limited English proficient and recommended for placement in the required program. Then entry or placement of a student in a program must be approved in writing by the student's parent. Dyslexia The purpose of this program is to offer an individual intensive multisensory program for those identified students exhibiting characteristics associated with dyslexia.