[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.


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                    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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