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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act

S. 2330Introduced Jul 17, 2025Policy area: Education

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to support the recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Edward Markey D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 17, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

11 cosponsors — 10 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Angus King (I-ME), Ben Luján (D-NM), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Markey.

Related bills

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Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress

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Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.