IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 990 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that paraprofessionals 
and education support staff should have fair compensation, benefits, 
and working conditions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2024 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. CRAIG) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
paraprofessionals and education support staff should 
have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions. 
Whereas 
paraprofessionals 
(also 
sometimes 
known 
as 
‘‘paraeducators’’) include education assistants and in-
structional assistants who work in elementary schools, 
secondary schools, or public institutions of higher edu-
cation; 
Whereas education support staff (also sometimes known as 
‘‘classified school employees’’ or ‘‘education support pro-
fessionals’’) include professionals who work in elementary 
schools, secondary schools, or public institutions of higher 
education in clerical and administrative services, trans-
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supportive school environments that are conducive to stu-
dents learning and thriving; and 
Whereas Congress seeks to recognize the rights, respect, and 
dignity that paraprofessionals and education support 
staff deserve as they continue to care for and educate the 
next generation: Now, therefore, be it: 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) paraprofessionals and education support 
staff— 
(A) should be compensated at a rate that 
is a livable, competitive wage; 
(B) should have access to high-quality, af-
fordable health care and health care benefits at 
a de minimus personal cost; 
(C) should be considered to be eligible em-
ployees under the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); 
(D) should be entitled to 16 weeks of paid 
family and medical leave; 
(E) should have paid leave for all planned 
and 
unforeseen 
school 
closures, 
including 
weather-related closures, professional develop-
ment days, and other short-term closures; 
(F) should have access to meaningful and 
free or affordable professional growth and de-
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velopment opportunities during regular paid 
working hours that provide a path to career ad-
vancement; 
(G) should have sufficient resources and 
supplies to enable them to do their job effec-
tively and efficiently, including up-to-date tech-
nology; 
(H) should have access to training and ap-
propriate personal protective equipment; 
(I) should have representation in organiza-
tions that determine policies that may affect the 
working conditions of paraprofessionals and 
education support staff; 
(J) should receive notification and the op-
portunity to provide significant input about the 
implementation of electronic monitoring, data, 
algorithms, and artificial intelligence technology 
in the applicable school and should receive high- 
quality professional development as new tech-
nologies are introduced; 
(K) should have adequate notice and op-
portunity to participate, when appropriate, in 
individualized education program meetings, be-
havior intervention team meetings, and other 
similar meetings relating to the students the 
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paraprofessionals and education support staff 
support, to the extent permitted by law; 
(L) should experience a safe and healthy 
working environment free from recognized haz-
ards that cause or are likely to cause death or 
serious physical harm; 
(M) should experience appropriate staffing 
levels to ensure that students have adequate 
support and that paraprofessionals and edu-
cation support staff can complete their jobs ef-
fectively, efficiently, and safely; 
(N) should receive adequate notification re-
garding the duration of their employment; 
(O) should have an employment contract 
that includes a provision for the automatic re-
newal of the contract at the expiration of the 
contract, rather than the automatic termination 
of the contract at such expiration, and a provi-
sion for termination of employment for just 
cause, rather than termination of employment 
at will; and 
(P) should have a process for reporting 
workplace issues and concerns to their employer 
in a manner that protects paraprofessionals and 
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education support staff and other employees 
from retaliation; 
(2) in recognition of the importance of collective 
bargaining in maintaining good working conditions, 
employers of paraprofessionals and education sup-
port staff should— 
(A) engage in good faith negotiations; 
(B) strive to reach timely and just con-
tracts that fairly compensate and protect para-
professionals and education support staff; 
(C) refrain from replacing paraprofes-
sionals or education support staff who engage 
in a strike; and 
(D) refrain from locking out such workers; 
and 
(3) nothing in this resolving clause should be 
interpreted to supersede, or as an expression of the 
House of Representatives support for any law that 
would supersede, employment terms or conditions 
agreed upon in collective bargaining agreements that 
are more beneficial to paraprofessionals and edu-
cation support staff than those described in this re-
solving clause. 
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