High-Impact Tutoring for Military Families Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9548 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9548

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on high-impact 
  tutoring in schools operated by the Department of Defense Education 
                   Activity, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2024

 Ms. Sherrill introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on high-impact 
  tutoring in schools operated by the Department of Defense Education 
                   Activity, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``High-Impact Tutoring for Military 
Families Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING IN SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity, shall conduct 
a study on--
            (1) the current usage of tutoring programs in covered 
        schools;
            (2) the extent to which current tutoring programs in 
        covered schools incorporate elements of high-impact tutoring, 
        including tutoring that--
                    (A) is in math, reading, or both subjects for at 
                least 30 minutes during the school day and for at least 
                3 days per week during the school year;
                    (B) is taught by a licensed teacher or 
                paraprofessional employed by a covered school;
                    (C) is provided with a student-to-tutor ratio of no 
                more than 3-to-1;
                    (D) is on a set schedule and with the same tutor 
                each week;
                    (E) in the case of tutoring that takes place during 
                a regular class, occurs in a classroom or area that is 
                separate from such regular class; and
                    (F) with respect to a student, is related to and 
                aligned with the classwork in the student's regular 
                classes;
            (3) how to increase the participation of students enrolled 
        in covered schools in tutoring programs, particularly those 
        tutoring programs with the elements described in paragraph (2), 
        while not reducing funds available for existing Department of 
        Defense Education Activity programs and teacher and staff 
        compensation; and
            (4) how to develop a licensed tutoring workforce for 
        covered schools.
    (b) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2025, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives a report containing the results of the 
study conducted under subsection (a).
    (c) Covered Schools Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
schools'' means elementary and secondary schools operated by the 
Department of Defense Education Activity.
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