,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cddd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bh1
 #bjaf ,mr4 ,kirk introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to clarify the hours of service
 requirements for education support     
professionals4  #a4 ,short title  ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,education     
,support ,professional ,family ,medical 
,leave ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,section 
#aja7b7 of the ,family and ,medical     
,leave ,act of #aiic 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4     
#bfaa7b77 is amended by adding at the   
end the following3  7,e7 ,education     
support professionals  7i7              
,determination ,for purposes of         
determining whether an employee who is  
an education support professional meets 
the hours of service requirement        
specified in subparagraph 7,a77ii71 the 
employee will be considered to meet the 
requirement if the employee has worked1 

during the previous #ab-month period    
specified in that subparagraph1 not less
 than an average of--  7,i7 #fj hours a 
month1 for the employer with respect to 
whom leave is requested under section   
#ajb2 or  7,,ii7 #fj percent of the     
applicable total monthly hours expected 
for the employee's job description and  
duties 7as assigned for the school year 
preceding the school year during which  
the hours of service are calculated71   
per month for that employer4  7ii7      
,definitions ,in this subparagraph3 7,i7
 ,education support professional ,the   
term education support professional     
means an employee1 of a public          
elementary or secondary school or public
 institution of higher education1 that  
may include--  7aa7 a paraeducator that 
provides instructional or               
noninstructional support2 and  7bb7 a   
member of the secretarial1 clerical1 or 
administrative support staff4  7,,ii7   
,public elementary or secondary school  
,the term public elementary or secondary

 school means a public school that is an
 elementary school or secondary school  
under section #haja of the ,elementary  
and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74  7,,iii7 ,public 
institution of higher education ,the    
term public institution of higher       
education means an institution of higher
 education 7as defined in section #aja  
of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja77 whose funding    
comes at least partly from ,state       
taxpayers4  4  #c4 ,calculation of leave
 ,section #ajb7;a7 of the ,family and   
,medical ,leave ,act of #aiic 7#bi      
,u4,s4,c4 #bfab7;a77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7#f7  
,calculation of leave for education     
support professionals ,the ,secretary   
may provide a method for calculating the
 leave described in paragraph 7#a7 with 
respect to employees described in       
section #aja7b77;,e74  4