Pay Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Act
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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:
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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
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sanders, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
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?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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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