New York A 2625: Establishes a pilot program to provide high impact tutoring

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A02625 Summary:

BILL NOA02625A

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SAME ASSAME AS S01820-A

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSRAlvarez, Gibbs, Zaccaro, Kay, Gonzalez-Rojas, Beephan, McDonough, Jensen, Kassay, Davila,
 Schiavoni, Simone, Hooks, Clark, Stirpe, Simon, Burroughs, Torres, Levenberg, Jackson, Rosenthal,
 Hevesi, Wright, Vanel, Taylor, Berger, DeStefano, Colton, Sempolinski

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3641-c, Ed L

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Establishes a pilot program to provide grants to local education providers to implement high-impact tutoring programs prioritizing low-income or underserved students to address student learning loss or unfinished learning resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Go to top A02625 Actions:

BILL NOA02625A

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01/21/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

04/10/2026amend and recommit to education

04/10/2026print number 2625a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2625--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, ALVAREZ, GIBBS, ZACCARO, KAY, GONZA-
 LEZ-ROJAS, BEEPHAN, McDONOUGH, JENSEN, KASSAY, DAVILA, SCHIAVONI,
 SIMONE, HOOKS, CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance
 with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a pilot
 program to provide high impact tutoring

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3641-c
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 3641-c. High impact tutoring grant program. 1. For the purposes of
 4 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "local education provider" or "local education provider group"
 6 means:
 7 (i) a public school or a group of public schools operated by a school
 8 district; or
 9 (ii) a charter school or a group of charter schools established pursu-
 10 ant to article fifty-six of this chapter; and
 11 (b) "high impact tutoring pilot program" means a grant program estab-
 12 lished and administered by the department pursuant to this section.
 13 2. The department shall establish and administer a high impact tutor-
 14 ing pilot program to provide grants to local education providers to
 15 implement high impact tutoring programs prioritizing low-income or
 16 underserved students to address student learning loss or unfinished
 17 learning resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
 18 3. (a) A local education provider shall submit an application for a
 19 grant to the department in a form determined by the department. A local
 20 education provider or group of local education providers may apply
 21 jointly for such grant. The local education provider shall demonstrate

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05291-03-6

 A. 2625--A 2

 1 need for support through the grant program, as determined by the depart-
 2 ment, which may include serving a high percentage of low-income or
 3 underserved students, or serving students who need academic assistance
 4 in reaching levels of proficiency and have a low level of attainment
 5 scores in the past year.
 6 (b) At a minimum, an application shall include the local education
 7 provider's high impact tutoring program plan that includes the following
 8 information:
 9 (i) how the local education provider's program plan addresses the
 10 following elements of a high impact tutoring program and how it modifies
 11 or omits such elements and the reasons for such modifications or omis-
 12 sions:
 13 (1) tutoring is provided in groups of four or fewer students;
 14 (2) the same tutor instructs the participating students throughout the
 15 school year;
 16 (3) tutoring is provided a minimum of three times per week;
 17 (4) tutoring is implemented during the school day or before- or
 18 after-school, or an equivalent out-of-school evide