Connecticut High-Dosage Tutoring Competitive Grant — RFP 868

Connecticut is making $2 million available to eligible LEAs and schools to create or expand evidence-based high-dosage mathematics tutoring for students in Grades 6-10. Awards are up to $50,000, approximately $2,500 per student, and applications are due September 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET.

Funding$2,000,000 statewide. Successful applicants may receive up to $50,000, estimated at approximately $2,500 per student served, subject to the biennial budget allocation. Funding is reimbursement-based.

DeadlineSeptember 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET

Last verifiedAugust 30, 2026

Required next actionConfirm the applicant is an eligible Connecticut school or education entity, identify Grades 6-10 mathematics students with the strongest documented need, design a high-dosage tutoring model that meets CSDE's required frequency, tutor-student ratio and curriculum-alignment elements, budget only allowable tutoring-related staffing, training, curriculum, assessments, hardware, software or space costs, and submit the complete application through the required CSDE process by September 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET.

Broad Eligibility

Eligible applicants include Connecticut public schools (K-12), Regional Education Services Centers (RESCs), governing authorities for state charter schools, state technical high schools, incorporated endowed high schools or academies, and nonpublic and private schools. The 2026-27 program focuses on mathematics in Grades 6-10 and prioritizes students below proficiency, high-need students, students experiencing homelessness and chronically absent students.

Atlas Analysis

A strong Connecticut school-funding opportunity because CSDE has a current $2 million competitive pool, a clear September 11 deadline and an applicant cap of $50,000. Allowable costs include tutors, program personnel, training, curriculum, assessments, materials, hardware and software that directly facilitate tutoring. Direct N9+ vendor fit is low because the solicitation is centered on mathematics tutoring rather than healthcare delivery or clinical technology; Atlas should not represent N9+ as an eligible cost absent a direct instructional use that clearly satisfies the RFP.

Source verificationOfficial government source · portal.ct.govAtlas last verified this record August 30, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗