Providing Students and Families Access to High-Quality Tutoring
The 2024 Louisiana Legislative session created and improved upon tutoring programs available to Louisiana students in the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. The LDOE is currently seeking provider applicants for both programs.
Tutoring Outside the School Day
Steve Carter Tutoring Program
- Literacy and math tutoring available to K-12 public school students below proficiency
- Tutoring sessions held after school virtually or in-person
- Families apply through portal and, if approved, select an approved tutoring provider
During the School Day
Accelerate: High-Dosage Tutoring
- High-dosage literacy and math tutoring for K-5 public school students below proficiency
- School systems choose providers and implement services during school day
- Parents and teachers can contact their school system to inquire about plans and eligibility
Steve Carter Tutoring Program
The Steve Carter Education Program provides $1,500 vouchers to families of eligible K-12 public school students per school year. The digital vouchers can be used to purchase high-quality literacy and math tutoring. The program is part of the Louisiana Tutoring Initiative and is named after the late Baton Rouge State Representative Steve Carter. Established in R.S. 17:4032.1 through Act 415 of the 2021 Legislative Session, the program was expanded through Act 649 of the 2024 Legislative Session.
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Available to K-12 grade public school students who are below reading and mathematics proficiency.
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Tutoring sessions must be held after school hours, in-person or virtually.
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Families will apply through a portal and, if approved, will select an approved tutoring provider.
*Note you must have your child’s school-issued Louisiana Student ID (LASID) number in order to complete the application.This is a ten digit number that is assigned by schools to track student information.
Steve Carter Tutoring Resources
Accelerate: High Dosage Tutoring
High Dosage Tutoring (HDT) is a research-based instructional model that explicitly addresses students’ unfinished learning from core instruction and leverages extra time to prepare students for grade-level content in math and reading. Act 771 of the 2024 Louisiana Legislative Session requires school day embedded tutoring for certain Kindergarten through 5th-grade students.
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High-dosage math and reading tutoring for low performing students in grades K-5.
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School systems choose providers for this program and will implement tutoring services within the school day.
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Parents and teachers should reach out directly to their school system to inquire about participation plans and student eligibility.