Nationwide tutoring workforce

(a) In general The Advisory Board, in coordination with the Secretary, the State educational agencies receiving a grant under this Act, institutions of higher education, government or nonprofit service organizations, and State and local workforce boards, shall develop a nationwide tutoring workforce. (b) Activities The Advisory Board shall: (1) Identify the number of tutors that will be required to implement tutoring programs that meet the requirements under section 6(b) at each school receiving funds under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). (2) Provide, in consultation with States, funding to institutions of higher education and State and local workforce boards to create a tutoring workforce that meets the staffing needs identified in paragraph (1) by recruiting and training additional teachers, paraprofessionals, and volunteers working within a government or nonprofit service organization. (3) Provide, in consultation with States, funding to local educational agencies to implement Grow Your Own programs, through which school districts, community-based organizations, and colleges partner to recruit and train community members as educators, to develop locally-driven tutor workforces under which local educational agencies will recruit and provide workforce development training for— (A) community members; and (B) school staff members that are not tutors, provided that— (i) tutoring by such staff member is not included as an additional job responsibility; (ii) tutoring by such staff member is voluntary; and (iii) such staff member will not be subjected to disciplinary action or penalty for declining to tutor. (4) Coordinate with government or nonprofit service organizations such as AmeriCorps to recruit and train volunteers to work in tutoring programs in local educational agencies with teacher and paraprofessional shortages. (5) Coordinate with institutions of higher education and State and local educational agencies to recruit and train students at institutions of higher education who are studying to pursue a career in education to work for tutoring programs in local educational agencies with teacher and paraprofessional shortages. (6) Develop and administer a pilot program to provide funding for training and compensation of graduates from institutions of higher education if such graduates commit to tutoring for at least 2 years in schools receiving funds under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).