Future Ready Bexar County

By 2030, we will increase postsecondary enrollment of Bexar County High School graduates in a degree or credential program to 70%.

How will we know that young people are Future Ready?

Healing

Young people will be future ready when they have the support they need to heal, face challenges, and grow strong.

Access

Young people will be future ready when they learn about college and career options, build the skills they need, and choose programs that lead to good-paying jobs that are needed in our community.

Voice

Young people will be future ready when their voices are heard and caring adults support them as they learn to lead.

Systems Support

Young people will be future ready when local government, schools and communities are able to provide the programs, people, and resources that help them succeed.

San Antonio and Bexar County are rich with systems leaders committed to ensuring a more equitable future for the next generation. ‘Future Ready Bexar County’ is a plan to guide shared action. It provides leaders the shared language and practices needed to drive real progress towards a uniting goal: By 2030, we will increase postsecondary enrollment of Bexar County High School graduates in a degree or credential program to 70%. We elaborate on additional key metrics to track progress in the down downloadable Future Ready Bexar County Plan.

Governance

UP Partnership will bring together youth-centered community partners to support the goals of the Future Ready Bexar County Plan.

Several groups help guide the plan and support decisions. These include the Future Ready Leadership Table, Joint Leadership Table, Coordinating Committee, Future Ready Communications and Policy Council, Data Council and UP Partnership Board of Directors.

Future Ready Bexar County Plan Commitments

All partners will participate in the Future Ready Bexar County Plan in the following ways from 2026 through at least 2028.

Future Ready Baseline Commitments for 2026-2028, we will collect and share data to enable evaluation of collective impact, including:

Reporting progress on the measurable targets we set in our Future Ready Institutional Agreement.
Collecting data that helps us collectively measure impact by student demographics (such as student ID numbers).
Use data to develop and refine our programs and policies, continuously strengthening our practices in relation to the Future Ready pillars of Voice, Healing, and Access – for example, by working with other Future Ready partners to:

Elevate the voices of young people
Strengthen community resources
Enhance postsecondary and career pathways
Leverage financial and/or in-kind institutional resources to support the implementation of the Future Ready Plan, especially as it relates to the measurable targets in our Institutional Agreements.
Work with other Future Ready partners to advocate for policy changes where relevant, allowable, and beneficial.
Celebrate the progress of the Future Ready Plan through aligned communications led by UP Partnership by helping serve as potential spokespeople to media and share mutually agreed upon Future Ready Plan messaging through our own marketing channel.

"Our commitment ensures students will have resource-rich learning environments that drive high-quality learning experiences, pushing us closer to meeting Future Ready Bexar County's North Star of 70% postsecondary enrollment by the year 2030."

Chris Martin

CEO of United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County

How Future Ready Bexar County Work Progresses

The following outlines key roles of major governing bodies of the Future Ready Plan.

Future Ready Leadership Table

Joint Leadership Table

Coordinating Committee

This committee is composed of Future Ready Anchor Partners. These partners are intermediaries who support multiple school districts through coordinated funding, innovation, and/or new postsecondary patheways. As Anchor Partners, these institutions are deeply committed to the achievement of the Future Ready North Star goal and equity pillars, including the embedding of more student-centered ways of working across our community.