Free Tutoring under the No Child Left Behind Law

How do I find out if my child qualifies?

Your district is required to inform you. Your state Department of Education also has this information. Generally, your child qualifies if she is getting a free or reduced-price lunch and attends a Title I school categorized as “in need of improvement” for two years in a row. Title I schools are in attendance areas where at least 35% of the students and their families are low income.

Who provides the tutoring?

Providers can be for-profit companies, nonprofits (community organizations or colleges, for example), but they must be approved by your state. Because of the millions of dollars available for tutoring, NCLB has created a boom in the industry, attracting some providers with little or no history of improving student performance. While it’s up to states to monitor the quality of tutoring, most struggle to do so effectively, according to a 2007 report by the Center on Education Policy.
As private companies, school officials and government agencies argue over the rules, parents have to ask lots of questions to learn the full range of tutoring services available to their children.

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