Education - La - Agency Bids & RFPs

Applications are evaluated on a pass/fail basis based on the provider's ability to help Louisiana achieve key education goals, commitment to serving high school students, quality of tutoring, and commitment to engaging stakeholders.

Tutors must have a Bachelor's degree or higher (preferably in education, English, or math), experience teaching or tutoring high school students preparing for standardized assessments, or strong familiarity with national assessment test formats.

Applicants must attach five detailed tutoring session lesson plans for each content area and subsection they propose to serve, including all necessary instructional materials.

An applicant may be rejected or not awarded a contract if any individual with a 5% or more ownership interest has been convicted of a felony related to contract solicitation or execution.

The submission window for applications closes on March 31, 2027.

Reimbursement may take up to 60 days after providers upload invoices. Families will verify that tutoring services were provided before payment is made.

Applications are evaluated on a pass/fail basis for: ability to help Louisiana achieve key education goals, commitment to serve young learners, quality of tutoring and coherence with school-based learning, commitment to engage stakeholders, and cost-effectiveness.

Tutors must hold a valid teaching certificate, be employed as a paraprofessional, or be a student pursuing a degree. Literacy tutors must have completed department-approved science of reading training, and math tutors must have completed department-approved numeracy training.

Detailed tutoring session lesson plans, including facilitation notes and all instructional materials, must be attached. Lesson plans submitted without required materials cannot be fully reviewed and may be considered incomplete.

The submission window for applications opens on July 15, 2026, and closes on September 30, 2026.

Beginning in the **** school year, funding will operate under outcomes-based contracting (OBC) structures, where a portion of provider payment is tied to agreed-upon student outcomes and implementation expectations.

Applications are evaluated on a pass/fail basis against criteria including the provider's ability to help achieve education goals, commitment to young learners, quality of tutoring, coherence with school-based learning, and stakeholder engagement.

Tutors must have training in high-quality instructional materials and receive ongoing oversight, or be staff of a high-quality tutoring provider, current or retired teachers, or trained paraprofessionals.

The bid notice states that applications will be accepted on a bi-yearly basis in the spring and fall, with specific deadlines of April 30 and October 31. For inquiries about application windows, please email louisianaliteracy@la. gov.

The bid notice states that applications must pass all four eligibility indicators to be accepted. In order to pass a standard, the provider must meet each criterion of that indicator. A provider's application package will be accepted and listed as an approved provider if the application achieves a pass on all four eligibility indicators and conforms with all of the RFA's administrative and legal requirements.

The bid notice states that applicants must clearly indicate the areas for which they are applying and demonstrate relevant expertise. Applications will be evaluated based on the completeness, clarity, and quality of the information provided, and must pass all four eligibility indicators to be accepted.

The bid notice states that applicants must provide sample assessment items or tasks as appropriate, sample assessment reports or data outputs provided to educators and families, and sample professional learning agendas or materials in the appendix.

The bid notice states that no appeals will be considered at any stage.

The bid notice states that applications are evaluated based on the provider's ability to help Louisiana achieve key education goals, commitment to serving young learners, quality of tutoring, coherence with school-based learning, proposed instructors, and commitment to engaging stakeholders. The bid notice states, Applications are evaluated based on: 1 ability of the provider to help Louisiana achieve key education goals 2 commitment of the provider to serve young learners, including english language learners and students with disabilities 3 quality of tutoring, coherence with schoolbased learning, and proposed instructors 4 commitment of the provider to engage stakeholders.

The bid notice outlines specific qualifications for tutoring providers, including incorporating direct instruction using formative assessments, being sustained for a minimum of ten weeks, provided at least three times per week in approximately thirty-minute sessions embedded in the school day, using assessments to monitor progress, being based on high-quality instructional materials aligned with state content standards, being individualized at a ratio not higher than four students to one tutor, and being provided by a high-quality tutor. The bid notice states, utoring providers for this initiative must meet all the following criteria: 1. incorporate direct instruction by tutors using formative assessments aligned with gradelevel content and tier 1 classroom instruction. 2. be sustained for a minimum of ten weeks. 3. be provided at least three times per week, in approximately thirtyminute sessions, which shall be embedded in the school day. 4. use assessments throughout the school year to monitor student progress. 5. be based on highquality instructional materials that are aligned with state content standards and that are specifically designed for supplemental instruction. 6. be individualized and provided at a ratio not higher than four students to one tutor. 7. be provided by a highquality tutor.

The bid notice states that no appeals will be considered at any stage. The bid notice states, o appeals will be considered at any stage.