Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act

3.0.0 5476 2026-06-30T08:07:00Z 2026-06-30T08:07:00Z House H HR 2025-09-18 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5476 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 153 (Thursday, September 18, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. McBATH:H.R. 5476.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--Interstate Commerce Clause[[Page H4457]][Page H4456]]]> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-09-18T14:04:40Z Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act 119 2330 S 2025-07-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2025-09-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2025-09-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-09-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001208 Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] Lucy McBath D GA 6 N F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2025-09-18 True M001225 Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] Kevin Mullin D CA 15 2025-09-18 True P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2025-09-18 True M001231 Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] John Mannion D NY W. 22 2025-09-18 True M001220 Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] Morgan McGarvey D KY 3 2025-09-18 True P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2025-09-18 True T000488 Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] Shri Thanedar D MI 13 2025-09-18 True M001227 Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] Jennifer McClellan D VA L. 4 2025-09-18 True M001232 Rep. 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Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] Juan Vargas D CA 52 2026-06-29 False Education Education 2025-12-17T15:42:19Z Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act Display Title 45 Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act 2025-10-04T10:23:14Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act 2025-10-04T10:23:12Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to support the recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs, and for other purposes. 2025-10-04T10:18:21Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5476ih/xml/BILLS-119hr5476ih.xml 2025-09-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 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. 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