(1) There is created in the department the Colorado high-impact tutoring 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. A local education provider or group of providers may apply for a grant. (2) (a) A local education provider awarded a grant shall use the grant money to implement a high-impact tutoring program that is substantially consistent with the local education provider's program plan submitted to the department pursuant to section 22-104-104. Except as provided in subsection (2)(b) of this section, and to the extent practicable, to receive a grant under this program, a local education provider's program plan must address the following elements of research-based, high-quality, high-impact tutoring programs: (I) Tutoring is provided in groups of four or fewer students; (II) The same tutor tutors the group of students throughout the school year; (III) Tutoring is provided a minimum of three times per week; (IV) Tutoring is implemented throughout the school day, not as a before- or after-school program, and is supplemental to core academic instruction and not a replacement for such instruction; (V) High-quality trained tutors provide the tutoring, including teachers, paraprofessionals, community providers, AmeriCorps members, and other individuals who have received training; (VI) The program uses a high-quality curriculum that is aligned with academic standards and may be provided by the local education provider; and (VII) Tutoring is data-driven, with interim assessments to monitor student progress. (b) The student benefits associated with high-impact tutoring are greater when the program plan contains all of the elements set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section. However, if a local education provider's program plan is not consistent with all of the elements set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section, the local education provider shall include in its application submitted pursuant to section 22-104-104 the reason for the modification or omission of program elements and how the local education provider intends to achieve the same desired student outcomes through its high-impact tutoring program. (c) Schools implementing high-impact tutoring are encouraged to think creatively about seat time and scheduling so that students have consistent access to non-core-academic instruction. (3) (a) The department shall determine allowable uses for grant money, which uses may include but need not be limited to hiring or contracting for tutors or providing stipends or other incentives to paraprofessionals, retired teachers, AmeriCorps members, and community organizations to ensure tutoring capacity; developing curriculum and related supplies; covering costs associated with renting or purchasing physical space for tutoring; and covering administrative expenses. A local education provider may make a request to the department to use grant money for purposes other than those specified by the department if the proposed use of the grant money increases the effectiveness of the high-impact tutoring program. (b) Local education providers are encouraged to offer tutors and other professionals offering tutoring services information about potential pathways into the teaching profession for the district, including learn and earn strategies in which the tutor works toward educator certification while providing high-impact tutoring services. (c) Local education providers, tutors, and other professionals offering tutoring services shall comply with all state and federal laws relating to health, safety, and antidiscrimination, including but not limited to titles VI and VII of the federal "Civil Rights Act of 1964", Pub.L. 88-352, as amended; the federal"Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990",42 U.S.C. sec. 1201 et seq., as amended; section 504 of the federal"Rehabilitation Act of 1973", 29 U.S.C. sec. 794, as amended; and title IX of the federal"Education Amendments of 1972", 20 U.S.C. secs. 1681 to 1688, as amended. (4) The department shall implement and administer the program in accordance with this article 104. Pursuant to article 4 of title 24, the state board of education may promulgate rules as necessary to implement the program.
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