Bill · S. 3406· Senate(119-S-3406)
PATHS to Tutor Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 12/9/2025
- Last activity
- 12/9/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sponsored by
- Cory Booker
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill establishes the "Partnering Aspiring Teachers with High-need Schools to Tutor Act of a 2025" to create a competitive grant program. The program aims to fund innovative partnerships between teacher preparation programs, local educational agencies, and community-based organizations. These partnerships are designed to provide high-quality tutoring in high-need and hard-to-staff schools. Tutors can include postsecondary students, recent graduates, or certified educators. The Secretary of Education will award these grants to local consortia to expand student access to academic support.
Yes· 3 of 10
Would children be better off under this?+7
The bill expands access to academic support, instructional materials, and meals for students in high-need schools.
Would students be better off under this?+7
The bill provides direct academic support, instructional materials, and potential national service awards to students.
Does this put more money into public schools?+6
The bill authorizes $500,000,000 in competitive grants to support tutoring in high-need and hard-to-staff schools.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Access to Tutoring: The bill aims to expand access to high-quality tutoring in schools that are hard to staff or have high needs (Section 2(a)).
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Support for Student Learning: The program is designed to accelerate student learning through content and grade-specific tutoring (Section 2(c)).
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Benefits for Future Educators: The grant allows for the use of funds to provide stipends to tutors and mentors (Section 2(e)).
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Resource Availability for Students: Funds can be used to provide students with instructional materials, internet access, accessible devices, transportation, and even meals and snacks (Section 2(e)).
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Support for Minority-Serving Institutions: Priority is given to consortia that use tutors enrolled in historically Black colleges, universities, or other minority-serving institutions (Section 2(d)).
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National Service Recognition: Tutors may be able to receive national service educational awards upon completion of their service (Section 3(b)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Risk of Student Labeling: The bill requires applications to include a strategy to ensure that tutoring does not result in the tracking, negative labeling, or remediation of students (Section 2(c)).
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Requirement to Supplement, Not Replace: The legislation mandates that tutoring must supplement rather than replace existing staff or teaching positions (Section 2(c)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Children+7Good For Students+7Good For Low Income Households+5Good For Young Adults+5Good For African Americans+4
- Education And Technology
- Increases Public School Funding+6Improves Internet Access+3Improves College Affordability+2
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Racial Equity+5
- Economy And Finance
- Increases Job Creation+3
- 12/9/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
John CornynRepublican · Texas
Christopher MurphyDemocrat · Connecticut