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Tutoring coalition urges New Haven to keep $1.5 million for after‑school tutoring
Summary
A broad group of parents, tutors and nonprofit leaders urged the New Haven Finance Committee to preserve $1.5 million in the mayor’s proposed 2025–26 budget to maintain the New Haven Tutoring Initiative after ARPA funding expires.
Hundreds of residents and program partners urged the New Haven Board of Governors’ finance committee on March 20 to retain $1.5 million in the mayor’s proposed 2025–26 budget for the New Haven Tutoring Initiative (NHTI).
Speakers said the NHTI uses professional staff and volunteers to provide math and reading tutoring to students across the city and that the program currently serves roughly 2,000 students. Kirsten Levinson, representing New Haven Reads and NHTI partners, told the committee the program grew on $3 million in ARPA funding approved in 2023 and that those funds will expire in August 2025. “This funding is an…
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