K-12 educational outreach - veterans legacy program: TSU's "the texvet legacy project" will produce new veteran stories for the VLM, develop k-12 lesson plans, train teachers, and engage thousands…

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration awarded Texas State University $286,985 on September 1, 2026, under the Veterans Legacy Grants Program (CFDA 64.204) to execute The TexVet Legacy Project, a K-12 educational outreach initiative centered on veteran stories and Gold Star family history.

Texas State University will produce fifty new veteran stories for the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM), develop K-12 lesson plans focused on Gold Star families, and establish the TexVet Teacher Fellowship Program to train K-12 educators in implementing these materials. Fellows will teach approximately 4,000 students annually and each collect five additional veteran stories, contributing 125 total VLM entries beyond the grant scope. Outreach activities include guided cemetery visits to VA-funded cemeteries in Texas and development of an interpretive walking tour at San Antonio National Cemetery.

The grant runs through August 31, 2027, with place of performance in Texas. As a Project Grant, this award funds specific educational products and community engagement activities rather than general institutional support, and the funding amount falls within the program's $500,000 per-award authorization ceiling.

K-12 educational outreach - veterans legacy program: TSU's "the texvet legacy project" will produce new veteran stories for the VLM, develop k-12 lesson plans, train teachers, and engage thousands of k-12 and texas state university veteran and military connected students. The project will create lesson plans focused on gold star families. Through the texvet teacher fellowship program, k 12 educators will receive training and implement these materials in their classrooms, reaching an estimated 4,000 students each year. Each fellow will also collect five veteran stories, contributing 125 additional VLM entries beyond the grant. Veterans legacy memorial (VLM) expansion will focus on collecting and preserving 50 new veteran stories. Outreach and community engagement will include guided cemetery visits to VA-funded cemeteries in texas, and the development of an interpretive walking tour at SAN antonio national cemetery