3.0.0 1570 2023-01-11T13:22:17Z 2023-01-11T13:22:17Z Senate S S 2011-09-15 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-09-15T22:48:07Z Tutoring for Students Act 112 3498 HR 2012-03-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2011-09-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-09-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5688) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-13T21:00:10Z Tutoring for Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require states to: (1) reserve 10% of the school improvement funds they receive under part A of title I of the ESEA; and (2) reallocate 97% of the reserved funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide, or arrange for the provision of, high-quality academic tutoring to impoverished students.

Requires states to determine which of their LEAs will participate in the program, but requires the inclusion of their lowest performing LEAs.

Allocates the reserve funds among participating LEAs in proportion to their respective share of school improvement funds.

Requires states to develop processes for selecting, evaluating, and, if necessary, removing providers of academic tutoring.

Requires providers to have a record of increasing student academic achievement and a capacity to do so in a manner that is consistent with the applicable LEA's instructional program and state academic content and achievement standards.

Removes providers that fail for two consecutive years to improve the academic proficiency of impoverished students.

Requires states to maintain an updated list of approved providers, by school district, from which parents may choose.

Requires providers of academic tutoring to keep parents and LEAs apprised of a student's progress, and employ tutors that meet state-determined qualifications.

Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a national evaluation to determine the value of such tutoring and document best practices.

]]> Tutoring for Students Act Display Title Tutoring for Students Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for high-quality academic tutoring for low-income students, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Tutoring for Students Act Introduced in Senate 2011-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1570is/xml/BILLS-112s1570is.xml 2011-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.