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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 896
To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to State educational
agencies for the purpose of implementing, administering, and evaluating
programs that provide tutoring to students in elementary and secondary
schools, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY31, 2025
Ms. S
HERRILL(for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof Georgia,
and Mr. T
HANEDAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to
State educational agencies for the purpose of imple-
menting, administering, and evaluating programs that
provide tutoring to students in elementary and secondary
schools, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Access to 4
High-Impact Tutoring Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. 1
(a) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 2
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 3
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 4
2026 through 2030. 5
(b) D
ISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts 6
made available under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the 7
Secretary shall— 8
(1) use 80 percent to award or renew grants, 9
as applicable, to State educational agencies to award 10
subgrants to local educational agencies in accord-11
ance with section 4; 12
(2) use 10 percent to coordinate and support 13
the development of a nationwide tutoring workforce 14
in accordance with section 7; 15
(3) allocate 5 percent to State educational 16
agencies receiving a grant under this Act to carry 17
out evaluation activities under section 6(b)(4); and 18
(4) allocate 5 percent to the Advisory Board to 19
carry out the activities required under section 5. 20
SEC. 3. HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING GRANT PROGRAM ESTAB-21
LISHED. 22
(a) I
NGENERAL.—For the purpose of improving the 23
academic achievement and recovery of students, as defined 24
by each State educational agency’s academic standards 25
pursuant to section 1111 of part A of title I of the Ele-26
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mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1
6311 et seq.), the Secretary of Education shall award 2
grants to each State educational agency with an approved 3
application under subsection (b). 4
(b) A
PPLICATION.—A State educational agency seek-5
ing a grant under this section shall submit to the Sec-6
retary and the Advisory Board an application each year 7
in such form and containing such information as the Sec-8
retary may require, and which shall include the applica-9
tions and plans submitted by local educational agencies 10
to State educational agencies during that year, during 11
which time such applications and plans will be approved 12
by the Secretary and Advisory Board. 13
(c) G
RANTAMOUNTS.—Of the total amount made 14
available for a fiscal year pursuant to section 2(b)(1), the 15
Secretary shall award to each State educational agency a 16
grant in an amount that bears the same proportion to 17
such total amount as— 18
(1) the amount that such agency received under 19
part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 20
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for 21
the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year 22
in which such grant is awarded; bears to 23
(2) the total amount allocated under part A of 24
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 25
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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for such fiscal 1
year. 2
SEC. 4. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—A State educational agency that 4
receives a grant under section 3 shall award, on a competi-5
tive basis and in coordination with the Advisory Board, 6
subgrants to local educational agencies served by such 7
State educational agency for the implementation, adminis-8
tration, and evaluation of tutoring programs in elementary 9
and secondary schools. 10
(b) P
RIORITY.—In awarding subgrants under this 11
section, a State educational agency shall prioritize local 12
educational agencies, in coordination with the Advisory 13
Board, based upon— 14
(1) the number or percentage of students eligi-15
ble for services under title I of the Elementary and 16
Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) 17
that will be served by the tutoring programs; 18
(2) the level of decline in students’ academic 19
achievement, relative to each State educational agen-20
cy’s academic standards pursuant to section 1111 of 21
part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 22
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), 23
since the declaration of COVID–19 as a nationwide 24
Public Health Emergency on January 31, 2020; 25
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(3) the quality and rigor of the tutoring pro-1
grams as described in the plan submitted under sub-2
section (c)(2), including— 3
(A) the number of hours of tutoring per 4
school day; and 5
(B) number of days of tutoring per week 6
during the school year; and 7
(4) whether the local educational agency has al-8
located American Rescue Plan Elementary and Sec-9
ondary School Emergency Relief Fund funding to 10
tutoring programs that have demonstrated signifi-11
cant results in improving student achievement, with 12
prioritization for local educational agencies that have 13
implemented proven programs using American Res-14
cue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emer-15
gency Relief Fund funds. 16
(c) A
PPLICATION.— 17
(1) A
PPLICATION.—A local educational agency 18
seeking a subgrant under this section shall submit to 19
the State educational agency an application in such 20
form, at such time, and containing such information 21
as the State educational agency and Advisory Board 22
determines appropriate, including the plan described 23
in paragraph (2). 24
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(2) PLAN.—The plan required under paragraph 1
(1) shall include the following: 2
(A) How subgrant funds will be used to 3
implement tutoring programs that meet the re-4
quirements of section 6(b). 5
(B) If such tutoring programs will not be 6
implemented in all elementary and secondary 7
schools served by the local educational agency, 8
the schools in which such agency plans to im-9
plement such programs. 10
(C) If such tutoring programs will not 11
serve each grade level in an elementary and sec-12
ondary school, which such grade levels will be 13
served by such programs. 14
(D) How such tutoring programs will be 15
administered, including— 16
(i) the number of hours of tutoring 17
per school day and number of days of tu-18
toring per week during the school year, in-19
cluding— 20
(I) how such tutoring programs 21
will structure the timing of their ses-22
sions to fit at least 30 minutes of tu-23
toring per student for at least 3 days 24
per week into student schedules; or 25
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(II) a request for approval from 1
the Advisory Board, in coordination 2
with the State educational agency, to 3
use an alternative timing format be-4
cause of scheduling or labor con-5
straints, as applicable; and 6
(ii) a plan to— 7
(I) ensure maintenance of the 3- 8
to-1 student-to-tutor ratio or ratio de-9
termined by the Advisory Board; or 10
(II) request approval from the 11
Advisory Board, in coordination with 12
the State educational agency, to main-13
tain a different student-to-teacher 14
ratio. 15
(E) The qualifications of tutors (including 16
teachers, paraprofessionals, or volunteers from 17
a government or nonprofit service organization) 18
and subjects taught (including math, reading, 19
or both). 20
(F) A plan to— 21
(i) not fewer than 2 times per month, 22
provide, in coordination with the Advisory 23
Board, training and professional develop-24
ment for tutors; and 25
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(ii) not fewer than 1 time per month, 1
ensure that each tutor is observed by a 2
program administrator. 3
(G) Whether the tutoring programs will be 4
run by the local educational agency or in part-5
nership with a nonprofit provider, including, in 6
the case of such a partnership— 7
(i) identifying and submitting the 8
nonprofit provider to the Advisory Board 9
for approval, in coordination with the State 10
educational agency, including with respect 11
to how— 12
(I) the nonprofit provider was se-13
lected; and 14
(II) such provider will partner 15
with the local educational agency to 16
carry out the tutoring program; and 17
(ii) a plan to carry out the tutoring 18
program if the nonprofit provider is not 19
approved by the Advisory Board, in coordi-20
nation with the State educational agency. 21
(H) How such tutoring programs will be 22
designed to improve the academic achievement 23
and recovery of students, as defined by each 24
State educational agency’s academic standards 25
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pursuant to section 1111 of part A of title I of 1
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 2
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 3
(I) How the local educational agency, in 4
coordination with the State educational agency, 5
will partner with a government or nonprofit re-6
search organization or researchers to evaluate 7
the impact of the tutoring programs on aca-8
demic achievement and recovery of students, as 9
defined by each State educational agency’s aca-10
demic standards pursuant to section 1111 of 11
part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-12
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 13
et seq.), including identifying and submitting 14
the organization or researchers to the Advisory 15
Board for approval. 16
(J) How the local educational agency will 17
partner with State and local educator unions to 18
bargain, or where bargaining is not permitted, 19
collaborate, over any workplace-related issues or 20
outcomes related to the implementation of a tu-21
toring program in the elementary or secondary 22
school at which members of such union are 23
working, including educator responsibilities and 24
compensation. 25
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(d) SUBGRANT PERIOD AND ALLOCATION OF 1
S
UBGRANTFUNDS.— 2
(1) I
N GENERAL.—A subgrant awarded under 3
this Act shall be for a period of 4 years. 4
(2) A
NNUAL ALLOCATION OF SUBGRANT 5
FUNDS.—Subgrant funds awarded to a local edu-6
cational agency under this section for the subgrant 7
period described in paragraph (1) shall be allocated 8
to such agency— 9
(A) in equal amounts for each year of such 10
period; and 11
(B) with respect to each year in the grant 12
period following the first year of such period, in 13
accordance with paragraph (3). 14
(3) A
NNUAL REPORT.— 15
(A) R
EPORT REQUIRED.— 16
(i) I
N GENERAL.—In order to receive 17
the annual allocation under paragraph (2) 18
for any year described in subparagraph 19
(B) of such paragraph, a local educational 20
agency shall submit to the State edu-21
cational agency, at the conclusion of each 22
year of such subgrant period, an annual 23
report containing a compilation of the 24
monthly reports submitted to the State 25
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educational agency and Advisory Board 1
under section 6(b)(5) for such year. 2
(ii) E
XCEPTION.—In the case of a 3
local educational agency that received an 4
annual allocation for a year during such 5
subgrant period after submitting an up-6
dated plan under clauses (i) or (ii) of sub-7
paragraph (C), such agency shall not, with 8
respect to the monthly report for a month 9
during which such agency awaited approval 10
by the Secretary of such updated plan and 11
did not have access to such annual alloca-12
tion, be required to— 13
(I) submit such report to the 14
State educational agency or Advisory 15
Board under section 6(b)(5); or 16
(II) include such report in the 17
annual report under clause (i) for 18
such year. 19
(B) R
EVIEW.— 20
(i) C
RITERIA.—The State educational 21
agency, in coordination with the Advisory 22
Board, shall review the annual report sub-23
mitted under subparagraph (A)(i) for such 24
year and make a determination with re-25
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spect to whether the tutoring programs 1
carried out by such local educational agen-2
cy are improving the academic achievement 3
and recovery of students, as defined by 4
each State educational agency’s academic 5
standards pursuant to section 1111 of part 6
A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-7
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8
6311 et seq.). 9
(ii) D
ETERMINATION.—If the State 10
educational agency, in coordination with 11
the Advisory Board, makes a determina-12
tion under clause (i) that such tutoring 13
programs are— 14
(I) improving such student out-15
comes, the State educational agency 16
shall make available to the local edu-17
cational agency the annual allocation 18
for such year; or 19
(II) not improving such student 20
outcomes, the State educational agen-21
cy shall direct the local educational 22
agency to submit an updated plan in 23
accordance with subparagraph (C). 24
(C) R
ESUBMISSION.— 25
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(i) UPDATED PLAN.— 1
(I) I
N GENERAL.—If the State 2
educational agency, in coordination 3
with the Advisory Board, makes a de-4
termination under subparagraph 5
(B)(ii)(II) that such tutoring pro-6
grams are not improving such student 7
outcomes, the local educational agency 8
shall, not later than 3 months after 9
the date of the submission of the an-10
nual plan under subparagraph 11
(A)(i)— 12
(aa) create an updated plan 13
that— 14
(AA) indicates how the 15
design of such tutoring pro-16
grams will be changed to im-17
prove such student out-18
comes; and 19
(BB) does not change 20
the distribution of individual 21
schools or individual grade 22
levels that receive subgrant 23
funding from the local edu-24
cational agencies, except for 25
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withdrawing funding from 1
programs whose resubmitted 2
plan is deemed to not im-3
prove student outcomes pur-4
suant to subsection 5
(c)(ii)(II)(bb); and 6
(bb) submit such updated 7
plan to the State educational 8
agency. 9
(II) D
ETERMINATION.—If the 10
State educational agency, in coordina-11
tion with the Advisory Board, makes 12
a determination that the tutoring pro-13
gram design described in such up-14
dated plan— 15
(aa) will improve such stu-16
dent outcomes, the State edu-17
cational agency shall make avail-18
able to the State educational 19
agency the annual allocation for 20
such year; or 21
(bb) will not improve such 22
outcomes, the State educational 23
agency shall direct the local edu-24
cational agency to resubmit such 25
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updated plan in accordance with 1
clause (ii). 2
(ii) A
DVISORY BOARD.— 3
(I) If the State educational agen-4
cy, in coordination with the Advisory 5
Board, makes a determination under 6
clause (i)(II)(bb) that the tutoring 7
program design described in such up-8
dated plan will not improve such stu-9
dent outcomes, the local educational 10
agency shall, not later than 3 months 11
after the date of the submission of 12
such updated plan— 13
(aa) make changes, in co-14
ordination with the State edu-15
cational agency and Advisory 16
Board, to the tutoring design de-17
scribed in such updated plan to 18
ensure that such tutoring design 19
will improve such student out-20
comes; and 21
(bb) resubmit such updated 22
plan to the State educational 23
agency. 24
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(II) DETERMINATION.—If the 1
State educational agency, in coordina-2
tion with the Advisory Board, makes 3
a determination that the tutoring pro-4
gram design described in such resub-5
mitted plan— 6
(aa) will improve such stu-7
dent outcomes, the State edu-8
cational agency shall make avail-9
able to the local educational 10
agency the annual allocation for 11
such year; or 12
(bb) will not improve such 13
student outcomes, the State edu-14
cational agency shall declare such 15
agency ineligible to receive an an-16
nual allocation for the remainder 17
of the subgrant period. 18
(iii) N
EW APPLICATION.—A local edu-19
cational agency that is declared ineligible 20
to receive an annual allocation for the re-21
mainder of a grant period under clause 22
(ii)(II)(bb) may, at any point after the 23
conclusion of such grant period, submit an 24
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application for a subgrant under this sec-1
tion. 2
(e) S
UBGRANTRENEWAL.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The State educational agen-4
cy shall, at the conclusion of the subgrant period de-5
scribed in subsection (d)(1), renew a subgrant for a 6
local educational agency that— 7
(A) submits an application described in 8
paragraph (2); 9
(B) was not declared ineligible to receive 10
annual allocations under subsection 11
(d)(3)(C)(ii)(II)(bb) during such grant period; 12
and 13
(C) the State educational agency, in co-14
ordination with the Advisory Board, determines, 15
based on such application, is sufficiently car-16
rying out tutoring programs that meet the re-17
quirements under section 6(b). 18
(2) A
PPLICATION.—At the conclusion of the 19
subgrant period described in subsection (d)(1), a 20
local educational agency seeking renewal of a 21
subgrant awarded under this section may submit to 22
the State educational agency an application that in-23
cludes— 24
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(A) a compilation of the annual reports 1
submitted under subsection (d)(3)(A)(i) for the 2
grant period; and 3
(B) the most recent evaluation conducted 4
pursuant to section 6(b)(4). 5
(f) S
UPPLEMENTNOTSUPPLANT.—Subgrant funds 6
awarded under this section shall supplement, not supplant, 7
other Federal or State funds available to carry out activi-8
ties described in this section. 9
SEC. 5. ADVISORY BOARD. 10
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 11
within the Department of Education an Advisory Board 12
to carry out the duties described in subsection (d). 13
(b) M
EMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Board shall be 14
composed of not fewer than 5 members, appointed by the 15
Secretary— 16
(1) who have— 17
(A) expertise in designing and admin-18
istering elementary and secondary tutoring pro-19
grams; or 20
(B) experience in program evaluation and 21
evidence-based policy development; and 22
(2) including at least 1 member who is an edu-23
cator or representative of an educator union. 24
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(c) TERMS.—Each member shall be appointed for a 1
term of 4 years and may be reappointed for additional 2
4-year terms. 3
(d) D
UTIES.—The Advisory Board shall: 4
(1) Evaluate and approve, in coordination with 5
State educational agencies, plans submitted under 6
section 4(c)(2) to ensure that local educational agen-7
cies— 8
(A) will meet the tutoring program re-9
quirements under section 6(b) and will imple-10
ment programs so as to have the greatest im-11
pact on student academic outcomes, including 12
by considering— 13
(i) the quality and appropriateness of 14
the instructional method; and 15
(ii) the degree to which instructional 16
choices are supported by evidence or are 17
appropriate to the setting, such as using 18
virtual tutoring when in-person tutoring is 19
not feasible; and 20
(B) will conduct evaluations of the tutoring 21
programs in partnership with State educational 22
agencies and government or nonprofit research 23
organizations or researchers. 24
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(2) Provide technical assistance and guidance to 1
State and local educational agencies receiving a 2
grant or subgrant under this Act with respect to— 3
(A) maintaining the student-to-tutor ratio 4
required by the Advisory Board; 5
(B) meeting the requirement of 30 minutes 6
of tutoring per student per day for at least 3 7
days per week; 8
(C) in the case of a local educational agen-9
cy requesting to partner with a nonprofit pro-10
vider to implement tutoring programs, rec-11
ommendations for such nonprofit providers; and 12
(D) best practices for the establishment 13
and administration of tutoring programs and 14
implementation of such programs by local edu-15
cational agencies and not in partnership with 16
nonprofit providers. 17
(3) Review and issue, in coordination with State 18
educational agencies, a decision with respect to— 19
(A) a request by a local educational agency 20
under section 4(c)(2)(D)(i)(II) to maintain an 21
alternative timing format, approving such re-22
quest only if available evidence supports that al-23
ternative format as likely to be effective in 24
boosting student outcomes; 25
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(B) a request by a local educational agency 1
under section 4(c)(2)(D)(ii)(II) to maintain a 2
student-to-tutor ratio that is higher than the 3
ratio required by the Advisory Board; 4
(C) the government or nonprofit research 5
organization or researchers submitted by a local 6
educational agency under section 4(c)(2)(I); 7
and 8
(D) in the case of a local educational agen-9
cy seeking to partner with a nonprofit provider, 10
the nonprofit provider submitted by such agen-11
cy under section 4(c)(2)(G)(i). 12
(4) In the case of a local educational agency 13
that chooses an experimental research design with 14
respect to the evaluation required under section 15
6(b)(4), provide the organization with which the 16
local educational agency partnered pursuant to such 17
section additional resources to carry out the evalua-18
tion. 19
(5) Coordinate, with State and local educational 20
agencies, the training and professional development 21
for tutors described in section 4(c)(2)(F)(i) to en-22
sure such training and professional development 23
maximizes the sharing of best practices and dissemi-24
nation of evidence-based tutoring methods, provided 25
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that the Advisory Board does not require such agen-1
cies to adhere to any allocations of time or resources 2
with respect to such training and professional devel-3
opment. 4
(6) Periodically assess and update— 5
(A) based on the most up-to-date research 6
at the time of assessment, the student-to-tutor 7
ratio; and 8
(B) on a program-by-program basis and 9
based on the effectiveness, evaluation status, 10
and number of years of existence of such pro-11
gram, the required frequency of tutor trainings, 12
professional development, and observation. 13
(7) Develop and publish, based on the evalua-14
tions of tutoring programs under section 6(b)(4) and 15
outside evaluations and studies of such tutoring pro-16
grams, a database of— 17
(A) different tutoring methods and the im-18
pact of each such method on the academic 19
achievement and recovery of students as defined 20
by each State educational agency’s academic 21
standards pursuant to section 1111 of part A 22
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 23
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 24
seq.); and 25
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(B) evidence-based models for structuring 1
the timing of tutoring sessions, including— 2
(i) how to create, in addition to reg-3
ular classes, a tutoring class; 4
(ii) how to allocate, at the discretion 5
of the teacher, time during regular classes 6
during which students may receive tutor-7
ing; and 8
(iii) how to identify an optimal time 9
during the school day for tutoring outside 10
of regular classes. 11
(8) Develop, in coordination with the Secretary 12
and the State educational agencies receiving a grant 13
under this Act, a nationwide tutoring workforce in 14
accordance with section 7. 15
SEC. 6. SUBGRANT USES. 16
(a) I
NGENERAL.— 17
(1) I
MPLEMENTATION.—A local educational 18
agency receiving a subgrant under section 4 shall 19
use such subgrant funds to implement tutoring pro-20
grams that meet the requirements described in sub-21
section (b) in each elementary and secondary school 22
served by such State educational agency. 23
(2) N
ONPROFIT PROVIDER .—A local edu-24
cational agency shall have the option of partnering 25
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with a nonprofit provider, including an institution of 1
higher education or other government agency, to im-2
plement tutoring programs that meet the require-3
ments described in subsection (b), after certifying to 4
the State educational agency that the nonprofit pro-5
vider has experience and expertise in implementing 6
high-quality tutoring programs. Local educational 7
agencies will be required to develop a long-term plan 8
to operate tutoring programs without a nonprofit 9
provider and taught by licensed elementary or sec-10
ondary school teachers or paraprofessionals, with an 11
exemption available if the local educational agency 12
certifies and the State educational agency approves 13
that it is unable to run such a program without a 14
nonprofit due to labor shortages. 15
(b) P
ROGRAMREQUIREMENTS.— 16
(1) I
NSTRUCTION.—A program carried out by a 17
local educational agency pursuant to subsection (a) 18
shall provide tutoring— 19
(A) in math, reading, or both subjects for 20
at least 30 minutes during the school day and 21
for at least 3 days per week during the school 22
year; 23
(B) taught by a compensated licensed ele-24
mentary or secondary school teacher or para-25
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professional, subject to the terms of section 8, 1
or a volunteer working within a government or 2
nonprofit service organization, with a student- 3
to-tutor ratio of no more than 3-to-1, unless 4
such ratio is updated by the Advisory Board 5
under section 5(d)(6)(A); 6
(C) on a set schedule and with the same 7
tutor each week; 8
(D) that, in the case of tutoring that takes 9
place during a regular class, occurs in a class-10
room or area that is separate from such regular 11
class; and 12
(E) that, with respect to a student, is re-13
lated to and aligned with the classwork in the 14
student’s regular classes. 15
(2) T
RAINING AND OBSERVATION .—A program 16
carried out by a local educational agency pursuant 17
to subsection (a) shall— 18
(A) not fewer than 2 times per month and 19
in coordination with the State educational agen-20
cy and Advisory Board, provide training and 21
professional development for tutors. 22
(B) not fewer than 1 time per month, en-23
sure that each tutor is observed by a program 24
administrator. 25
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(3) TECHNOLOGY.— 1
(A) I
N GENERAL.—A program carried out 2
by a local educational agency pursuant to sub-3
section (a) may provide the option to incor-4
porate educational technology, computer-as-5
sisted software, and virtual instruction during 6
tutoring sessions. 7
(B) V
IRTUAL INSTRUCTION.—If the State 8
educational agency, in coordination with the 9
Advisory Board, makes a determination under 10
section 4(d)(3)(B)(ii) that such a tutoring pro-11
gram is not improving student outcomes, the 12
program’s updated plan under section 13
4(d)(3)(C)(i) must include a plan to transition 14
to in-person tutoring for that program. 15
(4) E
VALUATIONS.—A program carried out by 16
a local educational agency pursuant to subsection (a) 17
shall, not less than 1 time per subgrant period de-18
scribed in section 4(d)(1), partner with a govern-19
ment or nonprofit research organization, subject to 20
approval from the Advisory Board in coordination 21
with the State educational agency, to evaluate the 22
impact of the tutoring programs on the academic 23
achievement and recovery of students, as defined by 24
each State educational agency’s academic standards 25
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pursuant to section 1111 of part A of title I of the 1
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 2
(20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), including by using quasi- 3
experimental or experimental research designs, with 4
a preference for experimental designs. 5
(5) M
ONTHLY REPORTS .—Except as provided 6
under section 4(d)(3)(A)(ii)(I), a local educational 7
agency carrying out a program shall submit to the 8
Advisory Board and State educational agency 9
monthly reports, with respect to each such month 10
during the subgrant period described in section 11
4(d)(1), containing information with respect to— 12
(A) the number of hours of tutoring per 13
school day; 14
(B) the number of days of tutoring per 15
week; and 16
(C) the number of students that received 17
tutoring. 18
SEC. 7. NATIONWIDE TUTORING WORKFORCE. 19
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Advisory Board, in coordina-20
tion with the Secretary, the State educational agencies re-21
ceiving a grant under this Act, institutions of higher edu-22
cation, government or nonprofit service organizations, and 23
State and local workforce boards, shall develop a nation-24
wide tutoring workforce. 25
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(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Advisory Board shall: 1
(1) Identify the number of tutors that will be 2
required to implement tutoring programs that meet 3
the requirements under section 6(b) at each school 4
receiving funds under title I of the Elementary and 5
Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 6
(2) Provide, in consultation with States, fund-7
ing to institutions of higher education and State and 8
local workforce boards to create a tutoring workforce 9
that meets the staffing needs identified in paragraph 10
(1) by recruiting and training additional teachers, 11
paraprofessionals, and volunteers working within a 12
government or nonprofit service organization. 13
(3) Provide, in consultation with States, fund-14
ing to local educational agencies to implement Grow 15
Your Own programs, through which school districts, 16
community-based organizations, and colleges partner 17
to recruit and train community members as edu-18
cators, to develop locally-driven tutor workforces 19
under which local educational agencies will recruit 20
and provide workforce development training for— 21
(A) community members; and 22
(B) school staff members that are not tu-23
tors, provided that— 24
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(i) tutoring by such staff member is 1
not included as an additional job responsi-2
bility; 3
(ii) tutoring by such staff member is 4
voluntary; and 5
(iii) such staff member will not be 6
subjected to disciplinary action or penalty 7
for declining to tutor. 8
(4) Coordinate with government or nonprofit 9
service organizations such as AmeriCorps to recruit 10
and train volunteers to work in tutoring programs in 11
local educational agencies with teacher and para-12
professional shortages. 13
(5) Coordinate with institutions of higher edu-14
cation and State and local educational agencies to 15
recruit and train students at institutions of higher 16
education who are studying to pursue a career in 17
education to work for tutoring programs in local 18
educational agencies with teacher and paraprofes-19
sional shortages. 20
(6) Develop and administer a pilot program to 21
provide funding for training and compensation of 22
graduates from institutions of higher education if 23
such graduates commit to tutoring for at least 2 24
years in schools receiving funds under title I of the 25
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 1
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 2
SEC. 8. BARGAINING. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—If the implementation of a tutor-4
ing program pursuant to this Act is expected to affect the 5
terms and conditions of employment of any local edu-6
cational agency employee, then before the subgrant is 7
awarded such program must be agreed to through bar-8
gaining, or where bargaining does not exist, through col-9
laboration with the State or local educator union, with the 10
Secretary working to mediate any disputes if an agree-11
ment cannot be reached. 12
(b) C
ONFLICTS.—In the event that any requirements 13
under this Act conflict with the rights, remedies, and pro-14
cedures afforded to school or local educational agency em-15
ployees under Federal, State, or local laws (including ap-16
plicable regulations or court orders or requirements that 17
local educational agencies negotiate or meet and confer in 18
good faith) or under the terms of collective bargaining 19
agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other agree-20
ments between such school or local educational agency and 21
their employees, the latter shall control, and compliance 22
with the latter will not provide a basis for withholding 23
funds under this law. 24
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SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 1
In this Act: 2
(1) ESEA
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘Department’’, 3
‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, 4
‘‘secondary school’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State’’, and 5
‘‘State educational agency’’ have the meanings given 6
such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and 7
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 8
(2) P
ROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR .—The term 9
‘‘program administrator’’ means an individual from 10
a State educational agency or local educational agen-11
cy who— 12
(A) ensures that a tutoring program car-13
ried out pursuant to a grant under this Act is 14
meeting the requirements under section 6(b)(1); 15
(B) manages the tutor training and profes-16
sional development in accordance with section 17
6(b)(2)(A); and 18
(C) conducts tutor observations in accord-19
ance with section 6(b)(2)(B). 20
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