Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5222
ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act
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Introduced 2025-09-09Topic: laborSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill changes how the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) decides whether school paraprofessionals and education support staff qualify for leave. These workers would meet the FMLA hours requirement if they worked at least 60 percent of the total monthly hours expected for their job in the previous school year. Employers would have to keep on file with the Secretary of Labor the expected monthly hours for each such job each school year. The bill defines education support staff to include clerical, transportation, food service, custodial, health, technical, and skilled trades workers at schools, and directs the Secretary to provide methods for calculating their leave.
Sponsors
- Sean Casten Democrat sponsor
- 72 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-09 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-09-09 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-09-09 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-09-09 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-09-09 | Introduced in House | introduce |