LOUISIANA TUTORING INITIATIVES

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.

• Available to K-12 grade public school students who are below reading and mathematics proficiency.

• Tutoring sessions must be held after school hours, in-person or virtually.

• 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.

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. 

• High-dosage math and reading tutoring for low performing students in grades K-5.

• School systems choose providers for this program and will implement tutoring services within the school day.

• Parents and teachers should reach out directly to their school system to inquire about participation plans and student eligibility.