Specifications include, but are not limited to: Accelerate: High Dosage Tutoring The Accelerate High Dosage Tutoring Initiative is a result of Senate Bill 508 of the 2024 legislative session. This bill provides high-dosage tutoring for certain low-performing students in grades kindergarten through five that is school-day embedded. Tutoring providers for this initiative must meet all the following criteria: 1. Incorporate direct instruction by tutors using formative assessments aligned with grade-level content and Tier 1 classroom instruction. 2. Program sustained for a minimum of ten weeks. 3. Provide approximately 30 minute sessions embedded in the school day. 4. Uses assessments throughout the school year to monitor student progress. 5. Instruction based on high-quality instructional materials that are aligned with state content standards and are specifically designed for supplemental instruction. 6. Provided at a ratio of not higher than four students to one tutor. 7. Provided by high-quality tutor. a. A person with training in using the high-quality instructional materials and who receives ongoing oversight while providing the high-dosage tutoring. b. Staff of a high-quality tutoring provider. c. Current or retired teachers. d. Trained paraprofessionals. 8. Provided by a consistent tutor or by a limited, consistent set of tutors throughout the instructional period. 9. Based on researched-based best practices that are grounded in the science of reading and effective accelerated instruction strategies. Steve Carter Tutoring Program The Steve Carter Tutoring Program was established through Act 415 during the 2021 Spring legislative session and was updated through HB 244 of the 2024 legislative session. This program is available to Kindergarten through twelfth grade public school students who are below reading and mathematics proficiency to address unfinished learning. Tutoring providers must agree to complete required foundational literacy or math training. Families will sign up through a portal and select an approved tutoring provider. Tutoring sessions must be held after school hours in person or virtually with no more than 4 students at a time. The rate listed 3 in section 5 must not be exceeded. Only tutoring sessions will be reimbursed. Tutors will not be reimbursed for planning time or training hours. Providers will upload invoices in the portal for reimbursement. Reimbursement may take up to 60 days. Families will verify tutoring services were provided before payment is made. The primary objectives of the Steve Carter Tutoring Program are to: ● Support instruction for Louisiana’s K through 12th grade learners. ● Literacy: In grades K-3, foundational skills are necessary and central components of an effective, comprehensive reading program designed to develop proficient readers with the capacity to comprehend texts across a range of types and disciplines. To address unfinished learning tutors should support students in concepts of print, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, syntax, and fluency in a logical and transparent progression. To accelerate students in grades 4-12, tutoring should focus on supporting students in accessing the features of complex, current grade-level texts by building knowledge, vocabulary, or foundational skills.
