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Committee lays over one-time appropriation request for Math Corps tutoring program
Summary
House File 1171 requests a one-time appropriation to expand Math Corps, an AmeriCorps-powered K-8 tutoring program the author and testifiers described as evidence-based and cost-effective. Serve Minnesota and the bill author highlighted randomized-trial evidence and cost-efficiency metrics.
Representative Ray Rauer presented House File 1171, a one-time appropriation request to support Math Corps, an AmeriCorps-powered tutoring program that provides K-8 students with up to 90 minutes per week of small-group math tutoring.
David Parker, vice president of research and development at Serve Minnesota, summarized independent reviews and internal data indicating Math Corps produces measurable gains in foundational math skills and is cost-effective compared with other validated interventions. "When students are able to access Math Corps, they're growing faster, they're reaching higher levels relative to same students that aren't able to access Math Corps," Parker said, summarizing the program's results as roughly a three-month learning gain in affected students.
Representative Bennett, a coauthor, said the committee accepted an amendment in a prior committee to define "evidence-based instruction" for the bill. Supporters described Math Corps as using standardized assessments, fidelity checks and a model that trains tutors who often continue into local education careers. After testimony and questions about program combinations and reach, Representative Rauer renewed his motion and the committee laid House File 1171 over for possible inclusion in the education omnibus bill.
