3.0.0 1401 2022-02-09T03:26:20Z 2022-02-09T08:26:46Z Senate S 2019-05-09 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-09T19:06:30Z ESP Family Leave Act 116 7739 HR 2020-07-23 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 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. Identical bill CRS 2019-05-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-05-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-05-16 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-06-04 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-06-24 False Labor and Employment Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Employee leave Food industry and services Health personnel School administration Labor and Employment 00 2019-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-19T18:54:47Z ESP Family Leave Act

This bill provides that employees who are education support professionals will be considered as meeting the hours of service requirements to become eligible for family or medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, if they have worked a number of hours equal to not less than 60% of the total monthly hours expected for their job descriptions and duties, as assigned for the previous school year.

The bill defines an education support professional as an employee within a public school or public institution of higher education which may include (1) paraeducators who provide instructional and noninstructional support; (2) secretarial, clerical, and administrative support staff; (3) custodians and maintenance service workers who provide building and grounds maintenance and repair; (4) skilled trade workers who provide services in schools, e.g., electricians, carpenters, and machinery operators; (5) workers who provide food service; (6) workers who provide school transportation and delivery services; (7) computer audiovisual, and language technical support staff; (8) security staff; (9) nursing, health, and therapy support staff; and (10) other staff that may serve public education students.

The Department of Labor may provide a method for calculating leave under the Act for education support professionals.

]]> ESP Family Leave Act Display Title ESP Family Leave Act Short Title(s) as Introduced ESP Family Leave Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish eligibility requirements for education support professionals under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1401is/xml/BILLS-116s1401is.xml 2019-05-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.