State Tutoring Efforts and Legislation Database | National Student Support Accelerator

This database includes an initial set of statewide tutoring efforts and state tutoring legislation. It will be updated monthly. Inclusion in this database does not indicate that the effort or policy is aligned with high-impact standards. All tutoring efforts and legislation that we are aware of are included in this database to allow others to better understand the landscape of state efforts in tutoring.

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State	Name of Legislation/Tutoring Effort Sort descending	Does this effort include legislation?	Status	Date of Status	More Info
California	AB 185 CDE Learning Acceleration Funds learning recovery initiatives. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced the availability of $4 billion in funding for intensive tutoring, additional… more		Passed	03/29/2023	Link
Louisiana	Accelerate Provides high-quality, open access math and literacy tutoring lessons aligned with state standards. Lessons focus on acceleration rather than remediation. The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE… more	No	N/A	N/A	Link
Ohio	Afterschool Child Enrichment Educational Savings Program Provides qualifying families with a $500 credit that can be used to pay for after school enrichment programs that will support learning for students impacted by COVID-19. The credit will be paid… more	Yes	Signed by Governor	03/26/2023	Link
Virginia	ALL in Tutoring Directs Virginia school divisions (districts) to implement high-intensity tutoring beginning in October 2023 with specific quality guardrails and a focus on students furthest behind in grades 3 -… more	No	In effect	09/08/2023	Link
Arizona	Arizona Achievement Tutoring Program Provides reading, writing, and mathematics tutoring for students in grades 1-8 who are testing below proficient in those areas on the statewide assessment Arizona Academic Standards Assessment (AASA… more	No	Launched	10/19/2023	Link
Arizona	ARS 15-241 (Arizona State Tutoring Program) Requires all students in a school assigned a letter grade of D or F to have access to tutoring. Tutoring can be provided by the school directly or the parent can choose from approved providers.… more	Yes	Adopted		Link
Connecticut	Connecticut High-Dosage Tutoring Program Allocates $10M in American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funding to local education agencies (LEAs) to implement the Connecticut High-Dosage Tutoring (… more		Launching in 2023 - 2024 school year	08/24/2023	Link
Pennsylvania	Cross-Age Tutoring Program - HB 100 Creates a tutoring program that allows 11th and 12th grade students to earn credit for tutoring younger students.	Yes	In Senate Committee	06/06/2023	Link
Florida	CS/HB 7011 — Student Literacy Includes provision for high school juniors and seniors to satisfy community service requirements by providing 75 verified tutoring hours to students with a substantial deficiency in reading in… more	Yes	Signed by Governor	07/01/2021	Link
South Dakota	Dakota Dreams Online Tutoring Program Provides free online tutoring for K-12 students in South Dakota in English, math, science and social studies. Sessions are taught by university students in the School of Education at Northern State… more	No	Passed into law	01/22/2021	Link
Delaware	Delaware Strategy to Accelerate Learning Requires school districts to (1) adopt high quality and consistent instruction materials (2) provide school leaders and teachers professional learning to provide Tier 1 education to students and… more	No	N/A	N/A	Link
Massachusetts	Early Literacy Tutoring Provides $60M in state and federal funding to expand access to summer learning programs and recreational activities. Out of the $60M, $2M will be used to fund early literacy tutoring grants for… more	Yes	Passed and effective 2022-2023 school year		Link
Idaho	Empowering Parents Grants Provides Idaho caregivers with children in grades K-12 with educational grants of up to $1,000 per student, per year, and up to $3,000 per household. Grants are funded through the $50 million “… more	Yes	Passed	07/01/2022	Link
Ohio	Future Forward Ohio Provides $26.1 million in GEER funds to support the implementation of high-dosage tutoring programs in Ohio districts and schools. The tutoring programs will be offered by providers on the High-… more	No		09/12/2023	Link
New York	Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (NY GEAR UP) Provides a $28 million grant to extend the New York Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness Program (NY GEAR UP). This grant has been awarded to New York for four consecutive years and has served… more	No	Grant Awarded	12/01/2022	Link
Georgia	Georgia Math and Reading Corps Funds $47 million in emergency assistance to address the disruptions and challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes a $1.3 million allocation for the teacher pipeline of which $789,… more	No	Effective for the 2022-23 school year		Link
Georgia	Georgia Tutor Provides free opt-in virtual tutoring for all Georgia high school students in math, language arts, science or social studies provided by Georgia-certified teachers of that subject. Georgia Tutor… more	No	Program in operation	05/12/2024	Link
Indiana	HB 1252 Commits up to $15M in federal emergency funding to pay for tutoring for children who are struggling in math and reading. The initiative is funded in response to the learning loss that resulted… more	Yes	Proposed	04/12/2022	Link
Florida	HB 1361 Among a number of education items, creates the New Worlds Tutoring program for K-5 students who exhibit deficiencies in reading or math to be administered by the University of Florida Lastinger… more	Yes	Signed by Governor	05/10/2024	Link
Texas	HB 1416 Revises some HB 4545 requirements by allowing tutoring hours per student/subject to be reduced to 15 hours in certain situations and allows a 4:1 ratio of students to tutors.	Yes	Signed by Governor	06/09/2023	Link
Colorado	HB 21-1234 Supplemental Education High-impact Tutoring Programs Creates the Colorado high-impact tutoring program to provide grant funding to local education providers including school districts and charter schools and others, to create high-impact tutoring… more	Yes	Signed by Governor	06/16/2021	Link
Colorado	HB 23-1231 Appropriates $26.7M to support math success including the Academic Accelerator Grant Program to offer academic services, including tutoring, through community learning centers.	Yes	Approved by Governor	05/15/2023	Link
Tennessee	HB 2326 /-->/ Updates Tennessee's 3rd grade retention law by… more	Yes	Signed by Governor	05/21/2024	Link
Missouri	HB 3015 (Close the Gap Program) Includes a plan to set aside $75 million which would fund the Close the Gap program. The Close the Gap program provides $1500 to Missouri families to fund educational expenses. The $1500 grant… more	Yes	Approved by Governor	05/13/2022	Link
Oregon	HB 3198 (Early Literacy Success Initiative) Creates the Early Literacy Success School Grant and Community Grant programs to fund K-3 literacy programs that include high-dosage tutoring as well as other supports for improved literacy.	Yes	Signed by Governor	07/31/2023	Link
Texas	HB 4545 Requires an accelerated learning committee to develop an IEP for every student who does not pass pass the STAAR test in grade 3, 5, or 8 in math or reading. Also, requires the assignment of a… more	Yes	Passed into law	Effective Date June	Link
Alabama	HB 497 Required K-3 students who received a failing grade in a subject to receive tutoring during the first nine weeks of school. The bill also required additional accelerated instruction for students… more	Yes	Failed	03/15/2022	Link
Ohio	HB 583 - Statewide Tutoring Program Increases substitute teacher recruitment efforts, expands Ohio’s EdChoice program which provides families with vouchers to pay for private school tuition and requires tutoring programs in public… more	Yes	Signed by Governor	06/24/2022	Link
Minnesota	HF 1064 Requires many efforts to combat COVID-19 impact on education including funding for community partnerships to provide tutoring during the summer of 2021.	Yes	Passed into law	03/23/2021	Link
New Jersey	High Efficiency Accelerated Learning (HEAL) S3220 Proposes the establishment of the High Efficiency Accelerated Learning (HEAL) Grant Program and the Tutoring Advisory Commission. HEAL is intended to provide high-impact tutoring opportunities to… more	Yes	Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee	02/06/2023	Link
New Jersey	High Impact Tutoring Program Launches High Impact Tutoring program in which districts can apply for reimbursement of high-impact tutoring programs that focus on third and fourth grade students using pre-qualified tutoring… more	No	Grant program underway	02/24/2023	Link
Illinois	High-Impact Tutoring Initiatives Creates two statewide tutoring initiatives targeting PK-12 students who are in districts or communities with limited capacity or resources to deliver high-quality tutoring programs. The Illinois… more	No	Programs in operation	08/21/2023	Link
North Carolina	HIgh-Impact Tutoring Program Provides $30,000,000 for high-impact tutoring statewide.	No	N/A	N/A	Link
Maryland	Kirwan 2.0, or SB 965/HB 1372 Requires the original K-3 requirement of Transitional Supplemental Instruction for Struggling Learners program to add additional components: 1) funding for one-on-one and small-group instruction… more	Yes	Passed into law	04/09/2021	Link
New Jersey	Learning Acceleration Funding Includes nearly $17 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds and $35 million in ARP State Fiscal Recovery Funds (SFRF) allocated in the FY2024… more	No	Grant program underway	10/21/2023	Link
Colorado	Learning League Tutoring Program Funded through private philanthropy (Gary Community Ventures), provides trained and supervised tutors to work in CO schools in elementary literacy and middle grades math.	No	N/A	N/A	Link
Arkansas	LEARNS Act Reallocates $34.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to LEARNS Act initiatives. $8.5 million will go to supplemental education such as tutoring and $20 million will go toward high-impact… more	Yes	Approved	05/16/2023	Link
Maryland	Maryland Leads Supports Local Education Agencies (LEAs) with federal funding to address COVID-19 pandemic learning loss, opportunity and achievement gaps, and need of targeted support for historically… more	No	N/A	02/01/2022	Link
Maryland	Maryland Tutoring Corps Provides $10 million in American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Relief Funds (ESSER III) to launch and scale high-quality, school day tutoring for secondary math that will mitigate… more		Grant period to start September 2023	08/24/2023	Link
New Mexico	Math Tutoring Corps Launches the New Mexico Math Tutoring Corps in January of 2023. The statewide tutoring initiative provides math tutoring for 8th-12th grade students with a significant focus on Algebra 1. Virtual… more	No	Awarded	12/15/2022	Link
Mississippi	Mississippi Mission Acceleration Provides tutoring for 1,000 students in grades K-5 in literacy with a focus on relationship-development in its Pilot Program. Tutors are college students and funding is from GEER funds. Tutoring is 1… more	No	N/A	N/A	Link
New Mexico	Multi-Layered System of Supports Encourages districts to include tutoring in the implementation of a new Multi-Layered System of Supports (MLSS) to ensure it’s integrated into districts’ larger acceleration strategies. New Mexico… more	No	N/A	11/08/2021	Link
Nebraska	Nebraska SMART Provides free online tutoring to K-12 students in rural Nebraska. Operated by the Nebraska State Colleges, funded through a grant from the Nebraska Department of Education… more	No	Program in operation	05/12/2024	Link
New Jersey	New Jersey Acceleration Program: High-Impact Tutoring NGO Provides $52,000,000 in funding to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to offer high-impact tutoring interventions for students disproportionately affected by the pandemic. This program begins on… more	No	Grant program underway	10/21/2023	Link
New Jersey	NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Provided tutoring to 2,000 students in the summer of 2021 and is expanding to 42 sites in fall of 2021. Launched by The College of New Jersey’s School of Education, and paid for by he New Jersey… more	No	N/A	N/A	Link
North Carolina	North Carolina Education Corps Partners with local schools to recruit, educate, and activate corps members to support students and accelerate learning through tutoring in NC's neediest districts. Corps members are paid a living… more	No	N/A	N/A	Link
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Education Budget Proposal Proposes a budget of more than $3.9 billion for public schools that would fund tutoring for struggling students, makes permanent a major teacher signing-bonus plan, and provides additional bonuses… more	No	Proposed by Governor	10/21/2023	Link
Oklahoma	Oklahoma State Plan for the ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund Creates a Math Tutoring Corps in partnership with OK colleges and universities to address middle and high school student learning disruption. Specifically, Algebra I tutoring for up to 1,500 grade 7-… more	No	N/A	N/A	Link
Washington, DC	OSSE High-Impact Tutoring Strategy Requires all DCPS schools to implement high-impact tutoring for students in need, reaching approximately 10% of all students.	No	N/A	N/A	Link
Louisiana	RS 17:4032.1 (Steve Carter Literacy Program) Allocates $40M to fund $1,000 vouchers to families of eligible K-5 public school students to be used for literacy tutoring.	Yes	Active	2021 Legislative Session	Link
California	SB 129 Budget Act of 2021 Includes funding for the California for All College Corps which provides undergraduate students at 46 colleges and universities across California the opportunity to earn $10,000 for committing to… more	Yes	Signed by Governor	07/12/2021	Link
Michigan	SB 173 (MI Kids Back-on-Track) Provides $150M in grant funds available to eligible districts for high-impact tutoring and other learning acceleration strategies. Districts must submit a plan to determine eligibility. Funds will… more	Yes	Approved by Governor	08/22/2023	Link
South Dakota	SB 210 Provides families in South Dakota with an educational savings account (ESA). The bill requires The Department of Education to create a savings account for students who withdrew from public schools… more	Yes	Withdrawn at the Request of the Prime Sponsor	02/03/2022	Link
North Carolina	SB 387 (Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021) Revises the Read to Achieve Program in many ways, one of which is including tutoring as part of the definition of literacy interventions.	Yes	Signed by Governor	04/09/2021	Link
Louisiana	SB 508 Requires students in kindergarten - 5th grade who are not proficient in math or literacy to have expanded academic support which is either placement in a class taught by teacher designated as '… more	Yes	Passed Senate; House recommitted to Committee on Appropriations	05/22/2024	Link
Washington	SB 5248/HB 1710 Appropriates $27 million in state funds and $97 million in federal funds for for matching grants to districts for high quality tutoring and rigorous extended learning programs.	Yes	In Committee	08/28/2023	Link
Iowa	SB 545 Requires The Iowa Department of Education to form a learning recovery task force to evaluate the degree of learning loss experienced by students due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The task force is… more	Yes	Sent to the Senate Subcommittee Education	01/12/2022	Link
Arkansas	SB 564: Arkansas Tutoring Corps Act Establishes a statewide Arkansas Tutoring Corps (with a focus on rural areas), to address interrupted learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. … more	Yes	Passed	04/26/2021	Link
Tennessee	SB 7003: Tennessee Literacy Success Act Updates this 2021 law to allow school districts to advance students who score in the “approaching” category on their third grade Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) ELA test and… more	Yes	Signed into law	04/21/2023	Link
California	SB 723 California LEADS Tutoring Program Creates the California Leadership, Excellence, Academic, Diversity, and Service-Learning (LEADS) Tutoring Program to provide both in-person and online tutoring to rectify learning loss. Each… more	Yes	Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56	02/01/2022	Link
Michigan	SB 925/HB 5859 (Tutoring Dollars for Kids) Provides Michigan families with up to $1500 in Learning Loss Grants to be used on tutoring, summer courses, and certain educational supplies. Low-income students and families who have been most… more	Yes	Senate Bill Introduced	03/09/2022	Link
New York	SB S8327 Establishes a pilot program to provide grants to local education providers to implement high-impact tutoring programs prioritizing low-income or underserved students to address student learning loss… more	Yes	In Senate Education Committee	01/18/2024	Link
Ohio	Statewide Mathematics and Literacy Tutoring Grant Awarded $14M in grants to Ohio colleges and universities planning to create or expand mathematics and literacy tutoring programs for Ohio’s K-12 students in one-on-one or small-group settings.The… more	No	Grants Awarded	05/01/2022	Link
Oklahoma	Statewide Tutoring Programs High Dosage Literacy Tutoring: OSDE operates a high dosage tutoring program that pays teachers $50 per hour and includes growth incentives. The focus for this program is on 4th… more	No	Operational	07/05/2024	Link
Tennessee	Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Creates a student-based funding formula that includes additional funding for all fourth graders who are not proficient in ELA. This funding is identified in the… more	Yes	Signed into law	05/02/2022	Link
Tennessee	TN HB 7004: Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act Creates TN Accelerating Literacy and Learning Corps, a matching grant opportunity to empower districts to implement or strengthen tutoring supports for students in low ratios and at a high dosage… more	Yes	Signed into law	01/27/2021	Link
Virginia	Tutoring Microgrants for Parents Offers $30 million Learning Acceleration Grants for Virginia families. Approved families will receive $1,500 for tutoring in English, math, science, history, and foreign languages. Grants can also… more	No	In Effect	05/01/2023	Link
New Hampshire	YES! Scholarship Program Provides $1,000 tutoring scholarships for students negatively impacted by the pandemic. Funded through $2.3 million from the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund, the scholarships can be used… more	No	N/A		Link