The U.S. Department of Education sponsors the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) to help bridge achievement gaps by increasing diversity in schools through funding distinctive education programs.  HISD has been awarded a nearly $15 million grant through the Magnet School Assistance Program, more commonly referred to as MSAP. The money from the grant will establish or expand STEM programs at six schools: Milby and Washington high schools, Deady Middle School, Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk, and Wesley and Davila elementary schools. All six schools will offer a STEM-based curriculum to every student. 

 The MSAP grant also will offer these six schools partnerships with NASA, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

The U.S. Department of Education sponsors the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) to help bridge achievement gaps by increasing diversity in schools through funding distinctive education programs.

Six HISD schools currently sponsored by the MSAP grant offer innovative science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs funded through a $12 million MSAP grant awarded in 2013.