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Authorizes competitive grants for consortia pairing educator-prep programs with high-need schools to deliver high‑quality tutoring and enable tutors to earn national service educational awards.
The bill would expand and professionalize tutoring in high-need schools—providing more individualized student support, resources, pay, and credentials for tutors—but it may not be funded at a scale to reach all students and adds administrative requirements and program constraints that could burden small districts and create uneven access.
Students in high-need and hard-to-staff schools gain sustained small-group or one-on-one tutoring aimed at accelerating learning.
Tutors and mentors (including postsecondary students and recent graduates) earn stipends and can receive national service educational awards, increasing pay and financial/educational incentives that support recruitment.
Schools and students receive supportive resources (instructional materials, devices, connectivity, transportation, meals) that reduce participation barriers for tutoring programs.
Students in many high-need areas may still go unserved because the bill authorizes only a $500 million grant level, which may be insufficient to sustain and scale tutoring nationwide after grants end.
Local education agencies, small LEAs, and community partners face additional administrative and potential matching burdens to access and document federal funds and national-service participation, which could deter participation or strain capacity.
Rules that funds must 'supplement not supplant' existing spending and that a large share (≥85%) go to direct supports limit LEA flexibility to integrate tutoring with other services or to use funds for broader system needs.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To establish a grant program for innovative partnerships among teacher preparation programs, local educational agencies, and community-based organizations to expand access to high-quality tutoring in hard-to-staff schools and high-need schools, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 9, 2025 by Susie Lee · Last progress December 9, 2025
Creates a competitive grant program that funds local consortia pairing educator preparation programs with high-need, hard-to-staff schools to deliver high‑quality tutoring by aspiring teachers and other partners. The bill sets operational standards for tutoring, requires local consortium structures and supervision, and directs the Department of Education to work with the Corporation for National and Community Service so tutor positions qualify as approved national service positions and tutors can receive national service educational awards after completing service.