Los Angeles Unified School District spent less than a quarter of the $86 million it received this past year to provide tutoring to students, [Steve Pines] said. About 132,000 students were eligible for after- school services, yet only 20,000 received the help. Private tutoring companies repeatedly are denied use of classrooms after school, said Jeffrey Cohen, president of Catapult Learning, one of the nation's largest private tutoring firms. Cohen said Los Angeles officials claim every classroom is occupied by district-run after-school activities.