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| October 19, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Tracy Dell'angela

Oct. 19--More than 63,000 Chicago children will be tutored at 343 city schools this fall--a dramatic improvement after last year's dismal start to federally mandated after-school instruction in failing schools.

While the program will reach only about a third of the 201,000 children eligible for free tutoring under the No Child Left Behind Act, it's still a far cry from last year, when just 9,000 pupils were being tutored by midyear.

This year, school officials say the number of low-income kids getting after-school help was limited only by the amount of federal money available for the program--$45 million.

The federal law…

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