S2451-119

In Committee

Pay Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Act

119th Congress Introduced Jul 24, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Pay Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Science & Space.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pay Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Act.
  • Section idca3e481201c9461992fc26b27ed261e2: 2. Pay Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Act In this section: The terms English learner, local educational agency, paraprofessional, professional...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Pay Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Labor, Science & Space

Primary Purpose

This bill, Pay Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Labor Science & Space

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 24, 2025

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sanders, …

Jul 24, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Jul 24, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Labor Science & Space
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"minimum wage for paraprofessional and education support staff" §idca3e481201c9461992fc26b27ed261e2

an amount, determined by the State, that all part-time equivalent staff employed by a local educational agency are required by the State to be paid by such agency, and which— is greater than the amount described in subparagraph (B)

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