119-hr5222

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5222 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5222

To establish eligibility requirements for covered educational employees 
under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 9, 2025

 Mr. Casten (for himself, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Cherfilus-
 McCormick, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. 
 Tlaib, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Simon, Ms. Williams 
 of Georgia, Ms. Barragan, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Chu, Ms. Titus, Ms. Lee of 
 Pennsylvania, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
Gottheimer, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Perez, Mr. 
 McGovern, Ms. Sewell, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Craig, Mr. Keating, Mr. 
 Magaziner, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Sorensen, and Mr. Carson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was 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

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 A BILL

To establish eligibility requirements for covered educational employees 
under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education 
Support Staff Family Leave Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND SCHOOL 
 SUPPORT STAFF.

 

Section 101

    (2) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2611

    (2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (F) Paraprofessionals and education support 
 staff.--
 ``
            (i) Determination.--For purposes of 
 determining whether a covered educational 
 employee meets the hours of service requirement 
 specified in subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) , the covered 
 educational employee will be considered to meet 
 the requirement if the employee has worked a 
 number of hours equal to not less than 60 
 percent of the applicable total monthly hours 
 expected for the employee's job description and 
 duties, as assigned for the previous school 
 year.
 ``
            (ii) File.--Each employer of a covered 
 educational employee shall maintain on file 
 with the Secretary (in accordance with such 
 regulations as the Secretary may prescribe) 
 information specifying the total monthly hours 
 expected for the employee's job description and 
 duties for each school year.
 ``
            (iii) === Definitions. ===
-In this subparagraph:
 ``
            (I) Covered educational 
 employee.--The term `covered 
 educational employee' means a 
 `paraprofessional' or an `education 
 support staff member' employed by an 
 educational agency or institution.
 ``
            (II) Paraprofessional.--The term 
 `paraprofessional' has the meaning 
 given the term in 

section 8101

    (37) of 
 the Elementary and Secondary Education 
 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801

    (37) ).
 ``
            (III) Education support staff.--
 The term `education support staff 
 member' (also known as a `classified 
 school employee', `education support 
 professional', or `ESP') means an 
 employee of an educational agency or 
 institution who provides clerical and 
 administrative services, transportation 
 services, food and nutrition services, 
 custodial and maintenance services, 
 health and student services, technical 
 services, or services related to 
 skilled trades.
 ``
            (IV) Educational agency or 
 institution.--The term `educational 
 agency or institution' has the meaning 
 given the term in 

section 444

    (a)

    (3) of 
 the General Education Provisions Act 
 (20 U.S.C. 1232g

    (a)

    (3) ).''.

SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE.

 

Section 102

    (a) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2612

    (a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (6) Calculation of leave for covered educational 
 employees.--The Secretary shall provide methods for calculating 
 the leave described in paragraph

    (1) with respect to covered 
 educational employees, in accordance with 

section 108, as 
 applicable.''.
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