H.R. 5222

[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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