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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7016 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 17, 2024 

Ms. LEE of Nevada (for herself, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, and Mr. TRONE) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

the Workforce 

A BILL 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partnering Aspiring 

5 Teachers with High-need Schools to Tutor Act of 2024’’ 

6 or the ‘‘PATHS to Tutor Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR HIGH-QUALITY TUTORING. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

3 (1) EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY.—The 

4 term ‘‘educational service agency’’ has the meaning 

5 given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 

6 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 7801). 

8 (2) EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM.—The 

9 term ‘‘educator preparation program’’ means a 

10 State-accredited program at a public or nonprofit in11 stitution of higher education or other nonprofit pro12 vider that prepares individuals to serve as educators. 

13 (3) HARD-TO-STAFF SCHOOL.—The term 

14 ‘‘hard-to-staff school’’ means a high-need school that 

15 has a high rate of teacher turnover or a large con16 centration of teachers in their first or second year 

17 of teaching. 

18 (4) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high-need 

19 school’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

20 2211 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

21 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6631). 

22 (5) HIGH-QUALITY TUTORING.—The term 

23 ‘‘high-quality tutoring’’ means tutoring— 

24 (A) that is provided by a tutor; 

25 (B) that is one-on-one or in a small group 

26 not to exceed a ratio of 1 tutor to 4 students, 


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1 or a small group ratio based on evidence deter2 mined sufficient by the State educational agen3 cy in the State in which the tutoring takes 

4 place; 

5 (C) that includes plans and time for tutors 

6 to collaborate; 

7 (D) that— 

8 (i) includes multiple sessions each 

9 week that are of sufficient length, such as 

10 the length of a regularly scheduled class or 

11 period; and 

12 (ii) is— 

13 (I) embedded in the school sched14 ule, preferably during the regular 

15 school day or tightly integrated to the 

16 regular school day and provided be17 fore or after school; or 

18 (II) during school vacations; 

19 (E) in which content and grade-specific tu20 tors are matched with students; 

21 (F) that is aligned to local standards and 

22 curriculum; 

23 (G) that includes high-quality pre-service 

24 training and ongoing professional support; 

25 (H) that a local consortium facilitates by— 


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1 (i) the local educational agency and 

2 schools in the local consortium supporting 

3 tutors through direct supervision and feed4 back; and 

5 (ii) the faculty or staff of the educator 

6 preparation program in the local consor7 tium providing additional capacity; and 

8 (I) where tutors are adequately com9 pensated for their work. 

10 (6) LOCAL CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘local con11 sortium’’ means a consortium consisting of commu12 nity partners as follows: 

13 (A) The consortium shall include the fol14 lowing entities, one or both of which shall serve 

15 as the lead entity of the consortium: 

16 (i) A local educational agency, an in17 dividual school, or an educational service 

18 agency. 

19 (ii) An educator preparation program. 

20 (B) The consortium may include a commu21 nity partner, such as— 

22 (i) a community-based organization; 

23 (ii) a child- and youth-serving organi24 zation or agency; 


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1 (iii) an institution of higher education, 

2 as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 1001(a)); 

5 (iv) a foundation; 

6 (v) an educator organization; 

7 (vi) an organization representing edu8 cation professionals; 

9 (vii) a local government, including a 

10 government agency serving children and 

11 youth, such as a child welfare and juvenile 

12 justice agency; 

13 (viii) an organization representing 

14 students; or 

15 (ix) an organization representing par16 ents. 

17 (7) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

18 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

19 the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec20 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

21 (8) MENTOR.—The term ‘‘mentor’’ means an 

22 experienced educator, including a teacher-educator 

23 at an educator preparation program, dedicated to 

24 advising a tutor or administering the tutoring pro25 gram. 


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1 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Education. 

3 (10) TUTOR.—The term ‘‘tutor’’ means— 

4 (A) a postsecondary student, including one 

5 who is enrolled in an educator preparation pro6 gram; 

7 (B) a recent graduate of an educator prep8 aration program; 

9 (C) an individual serving as an education 

10 paraprofessional or teaching aide; or 

11 (D) a fully certified and licensed educator 

12 (such as a recently retired educator, an educa13 tor experiencing a gap in employment due to 

14 COVID-induced budget cuts, or an educator 

15 providing tutoring before or after school or dur16 ing the summer). 

17 (b) DEMONSTRATION COMPETITIVE GRANT PRO18 GRAM.—The Secretary shall award grants, on a competi19 tive basis, to local consortia to enable the local consortia 

20 to carry out high-quality tutoring, especially at hard-to21 staff schools or high-need schools. 

22 (c) APPLICATION.—A local consortium that desires to 

23 receive a grant under this section shall submit an applica24 tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 


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1 accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 

2 require, including the following: 

3 (1) A description of the local consortium, in4 cluding which public or nonprofit entity participating 

5 in the local consortium shall serve as the fiscal agent 

6 for the local consortium. 

7 (2) A description of the strategy for recruit8 ment, careful selection, and matching of tutors with 

9 hard-to-staff schools and high-need schools. 

10 (3) A description of the pre-service training and 

11 ongoing professional support for tutors. 

12 (4) A list of hard-to-staff schools and high-need 

13 schools, and the grades that will be supported in 

14 each school, identified by the local consortium to re15 ceive a comprehensive, coordinated continuum of 

16 services and support. 

17 (5) A description of how the high-quality tutor18 ing program plans to accelerate student learning. 

19 (6) A description of how the local consortium 

20 will ensure that the high-quality tutoring provided 

21 under such program does not result in the tracking 

22 or negative labeling of students, or remediation. 

23 (7) A description of the duration of the high24 quality tutoring, including the duration of sessions, 


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1 the number of days a week tutoring will occur, and 

2 the length in weeks the tutoring will occur. 

3 (8) An assurance that the local consortium will 

4 align high-quality tutoring to the local curriculum 

5 and standards of the local educational agency and 

6 school and will be designed to support student suc7 cess in the classroom. 

8 (9) A description of materials and supports and 

9 how they are aligned with the local curriculum and 

10 standards of the local educational agency and school. 

11 (10) A description of how the high-quality tu12 toring program will build school capacity in the 

13 schools in which the tutors will serve. 

14 (11) An assurance that the local consortium 

15 will leverage tutors to supplement, not supplant, ex16 isting staff. 

17 (12) A description of how tutors will be ade18 quately compensated. 

19 (13) An assurance that the local consortium 

20 will use funds to supplement and not supplant funds 

21 otherwise available to carry out high-quality tutoring 

22 and will not use any funds to replace teaching posi23 tions with tutoring positions. 

24 (14) A description of how the tutoring program 

25 will incorporate research-based social-emotional 


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1 learning practices, trauma-informed learning prac2 tices, and culturally and linguistically responsive 

3 practices. 

4 (d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec5 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to local consortia 

6 that plan to support high-need schools in building student 

7 learning capacity by using tutors who— 

8 (1) are postsecondary students who are enrolled 

9 in educator preparation programs; or 

10 (2) are enrolled in a historically Black college 

11 or university (defined as a part B institution under 

12 section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

13 (20 U.S.C. 1061)) or another minority-serving insti14 tution (defined as an eligible institution under sec15 tion 371(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 

16 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—A local consortium that receives 

17 a grant under this section may use the grant funds for 

18 the following: 

19 (1) Matching, training, and placing tutors with 

20 schools to deliver high-quality tutoring. 

21 (2) Supporting tutors to work with small 

22 groups of students attending high-need schools 

23 wherein tutors are providing supervision and instruc24 tion, and providing the tutors with time for collabo25 ration with mentors. 


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1 (3) Matching tutors in the high-quality tutoring 

2 program with mentors. 

3 (4) Providing stipends to such tutors and men4 tors. 

5 (5) Purchasing instructional materials and 

6 connectivity resources, including internet access and 

7 accessible devices. 

8 (6) Providing transportation for students at9 tending the high-quality tutoring program. 

10 (7) Providing meals and snacks for students at11 tending the high-quality tutoring program. 

12 (8) Providing facilities for conducting the high13 quality tutoring program. 

14 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

16 appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000. 

17 (2) ALLOCATION.—From the amounts appro18 priated to carry out this section— 

19 (A) not less than 85 percent shall be used 

20 for directly supporting students, including pro21 viding stipends to tutors and mentors in the 

22 high-quality tutoring program, providing trans23 portation, meals, and snacks, and purchasing 

24 instructional materials and connectivity re25 sources for students; and 


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1 (B) not more than 15 percent shall be 

2 used for other uses in carrying out this section. 

3 SEC. 3. COORDINATION WITH THE CORPORATION FOR NA4 TIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 

5 (a) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of 

6 Education shall enter into an interagency agreement with 

7 the Corporation for National and Community Service 

8 under section 121(b) of the National and Community 

9 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)) under which 

10 the Corporation shall approve tutor positions under a pro11 gram funded under section 2, as approved national service 

12 positions (as defined in section 101 of the National and 

13 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511)). Such 

14 interagency agreement shall specify how a degree or cer15 tificate of completion for a term of service as a provider 

16 of high-quality tutoring will be submitted to the Corpora17 tion. 

18 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding section 148 of 

19 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

20 U.S.C. 12604), the Secretary and the Chief Executive Of21 ficer of the Corporation for National and Community 

22 Service shall develop a program under which national serv23 ice educational awards may be disbursed to tutors upon 


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1 completion of service under a program funded under sec2 tion 2. 

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