ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act

Sponsor: Sean Casten (Democratic-IL)September 9, 2025

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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.

Lets school support staff qualify for family leave more easily.

This bill would make it easier for school support staff, like paraprofessionals and cafeteria workers, to take protected family and medical leave. It would create a new way for them to meet the work hour requirements for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This means more of these school employees could take time off without losing their jobs.

What Would Change

Today, most employees need to work 1,250 hours in a year to qualify for protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. After this bill, school support staff would have a different option: they could qualify if they worked at least 60 percent of their expected monthly hours in the previous school year, making FMLA more accessible for them.

Key Provisions

Lets school support staff qualify for family leave if they worked at least 60 percent of their expected monthly hours in the previous school year.
Requires schools to keep records of the expected monthly hours for their support staff and file this information with the Secretary of Labor.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to create rules for how to calculate family leave for school support staff.

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ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act

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