S2738-119

In Committee

ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act

119th Congress Introduced Sep 9, 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, ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Transportation, Healthcare.

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 H85DA0652D7BB40A0961373397B78D53A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act.
  • Section H0C43814D69E441DD9A236B04386701A4: 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...
  • Section HC5E8F262ACB74FA393F77FBC7E1AE7E5: 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: The...

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, ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Transportation, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

This bill, ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Transportation Healthcare

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
Sep 9, 2025

Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Coons, …

Sep 9, 2025

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

Sep 9, 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 Transportation Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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