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Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] · D–FL
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-08-31 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act would give eligible workers and covered federal employees extra leave for school conferences and qualifying school or community activities involving their children or grandchildren. Both groups could take up to eight hours in any 30-day period and 48 hours in any 12-month period, in addition to other leave provided by the amended provisions.
This Act may be cited as the Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act.
(A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B) and section 103(g), an eligible employee shall be entitled to leave under this paragraph to participate in or attend a school conference or an activity that is sponsored by a school or community organization and relates to a program of the school or organization that is attended by a son or daughter or a grandchild of the employee. (B) Limitations (i) In general An eligible employee is entitled to— (I) not to exceed 8 hours of leave under this paragraph during any 30-day period; and (II) not to exceed 48 hours of leave under this paragraph during any 12-month period. (ii) Coordination rule Leave under this paragraph shall be in addition to any leave provided under any other paragraph of this subsection.
(5) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B)(i) and section 6383(f), an employee shall be entitled to leave under this paragraph to participate in or attend a school conference or an activity that is sponsored by a school or community organization and relates to a program of the school or organization that is attended by a son or daughter or a grandchild of the employee. (B) (i) An employee is entitled to— (I) not to exceed 8 hours of leave under this paragraph during any 30-day period; and (II) not to exceed 48 hours of leave under this paragraph during any 12-month period. (ii) Leave under this paragraph shall be in addition to any leave provided under any other paragraph of this subsection.
For the Family and Medical Leave Act changes, qualifying schools would include elementary and secondary schools, assisted Head Start programs, and child care facilities. The separate federal employee provision expressly requires child care facilities to be licensed under state law; the first provision does not state that requirement.
The term school means an elementary school or secondary school (as such terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), a Head Start program assisted under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), or a child care facility.
the term school means an elementary school or secondary school (as such terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), a Head Start program assisted under the Head Start Act, and a child care facility licensed under State law
Both sets of changes would cover qualifying private nonprofit community organizations, with scouting and sports organizations given as examples. An organization would need to represent a community or a significant part of one and provide activities for people described in existing statutory definitions that the bundle does not reproduce.
The term community organization means a private nonprofit organization that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community and provides activities for individuals described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 101(12), such as a scouting or sports organization.
the term community organization means a private nonprofit organization that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community and provides activities for individuals described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 6381(6), such as a scouting or sports organization.
Both sets of changes would define a grandchild as a son or daughter of the employee’s son or daughter.
(20) Grandchild The term grandchild means a son or daughter of an employee’s son or daughter.
(13) the term grandchild means a son or daughter of an employee’s son or daughter.
Workers covered by either set of changes could take the new leave intermittently—in separate blocks—or through a reduced work schedule.
Leave under subsection (a)(6) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule.
Leave under subsection (a)(5) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule.
Under the Family and Medical Leave Act changes, an employee could choose, or an employer could require, using already-earned paid vacation, personal leave, or family leave for the new leave.
An eligible employee may elect, or an employer may require the employee, to substitute any of the accrued paid vacation leave, personal leave, or family leave of the employee for any leave under subsection (a)(6).
The Family and Medical Leave Act changes also contain a paid medical or sick leave substitution rule, but it refers to a clause that does not appear in the proposed leave entitlement. Its intended scope is therefore unclear. The language expressly says employers would not have to provide paid medical or sick leave in situations where they normally would not provide it.
In addition, an eligible employee may elect, or an employer may require the employee, to substitute any of the accrued paid medical or sick leave of the employee for leave provided under clause (ii) of subsection (a)(6)(A) for any part of the leave under such clause, except that nothing in this title shall require an employer to provide paid sick leave or paid medical leave in any situation in which such employer would not normally provide any such paid leave.
(A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B) and section 103(g), an eligible employee shall be entitled to leave under this paragraph to participate in or attend a school conference or an activity that is sponsored by a school or community organization and relates to a program of the school or organization that is attended by a son or daughter or a grandchild of the employee. (B) Limitations
When accrued paid leave is substituted under the Family and Medical Leave Act changes, the employer could not restrict that substitution or impose additional conditions stricter than those in the Act.
If the employee elects or the employer requires the substitution of accrued paid leave for leave provided under subsection (a)(6)(A), the employer shall not restrict or limit this substitution or impose any additional terms and conditions on such leave that are more stringent on the employee than the terms and conditions set forth in this Act.
Under the separate federal employee changes, employees could choose to use their accrued or accumulated annual or sick leave. If they chose substitution, their agency could not restrict it or impose additional conditions stricter than those in the governing subchapter.
(3) An employee may elect to substitute for leave under subsection (a)(5), any of the employee’s accrued or accumulated annual or sick leave under subchapter I. If the employee elects to substitute accumulated annual or sick leave for leave provided under subsection (a)(5), the employing agency shall not restrict or limit this substitution or impose any additional terms and conditions on such leave that are more stringent on the employee than the terms and conditions set forth in this subchapter.
The Family and Medical Leave Act changes would require at least seven days’ notice, or as much notice as practicable. The federal employee changes would require at least seven days’ notice to the agency, without including the practicability alternative.
the employee shall provide the employer with not less than 7 days’ notice or as much notice as is practicable before the date the leave is to be taken, of the employee’s intention to take leave under such paragraph.
the employee shall provide the employing agency with not less than 7 days’ notice, before the date the leave is to be taken, of the employee’s intention to take leave under such paragraph.
Under the Family and Medical Leave Act changes, employers could require certification supporting a request for the new leave. The Secretary could prescribe regulations governing when and how that certification is issued.
An employer may require that a request for leave under section 102(a)(6) be supported by a certification issued at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe.
For federal employees, the bill would add the new leave category to a statutory reference in the existing certification provision. The supplied text does not reproduce that provision’s requirements.
(e) Certification Section 6383(f) of such title is amended by striking paragraph (1)(E) or (3) of section 6382(a) and inserting paragraph (1)(E), (3), or (5) of section 6382(a).
The federal employee scheduling amendment would also insert a reference to any 30-day or 12-month period for the new leave into an existing sentence. Because that sentence is not reproduced, the bundle does not fully explain how this edit would operate.
(b) Schedule Section 6382(b)(1) of such title is amended—
(2) in the last sentence, by striking involved, and inserting involved (or, in the case of leave under subsection (a)(5), for purposes of any 30-day or 12-month period),.
The supplied September 9, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House on August 31, 2026, and referral that day to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for consideration of provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-09T13:00:18Z.
2026-08-31: Introduced in House
2026-08-31: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-08-31. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials, and the bundle does not establish formal earmark status.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow preferential carve-out or special exemption was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Coverage of the leave program’s intended beneficiaries does not by itself constitute a targeted benefit. This conclusion is limited to this version.
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