Texas's educator workforce has been characterized over the past few decades by high attrition rates contributing to persistent teacher shortages and increased hiring of underprepared and uncertified teachers. These conditions have motivated state investment in a multifaceted strategy to seed and support teacher residency programs. State guidance, grant provisions, and regulatory changes have incentivized residency programs to adopt a set of common features, six of which stand out in contributing to quality preparation: a yearlong clinical experience, integrated practice-based coursework, partnerships between preparation programs and school districts, trained and experienced mentor teachers, clinical faculty site coordinators to support residencies, and resident support through stipends. State policies can continue support for residencies by funding resident and mentor stipends with state matching grants, providing seed grants to educator preparation programs launching high-quality residencies, investing in building technical assistance capacity to launch new residencies and support existing programs, establishing pipelines for mentor teachers and residency clinical faculty to support residency expansion, and providing targeted support for residency partnerships preparing teachers for high-need assignments and locations.