Providing Students and Families Access to High-Quality Tutoring
The 2024 Louisiana Legislative session created and improved tutoring programs available to Louisiana students. The LDOE is currently seeking provider applicants for both programs, with applications accepted periodically during designated windows.
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.
Accelerate: High-Dosage Tutoring Provider Application Information
To apply to become an LDOE-approved Accelerate: High-Dosage Tutoring Provider, please follow the guidance document to create your My.La and LDOE Professional Learning Partner accounts.