S 280
105th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Family leave
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Home schooling
Literacy programs
Parent-school relationships
Parent-teacher relationships
Time for Schools Act of 1997
Introduced: February 5, 1997
Introduced by:
Murray, Patty
Democratic
· Washington
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 5, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Feb 5, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1027)
Feb 5, 1997
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Time for Schools Act of 1997 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees covered by such Act to take up to 24 hours, during any 12-month period, of school involvement leave to participate in: (1) an activity of their child's school; or (2) literacy training under a family literacy program.
Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same school involvement leave allowance to Federal employees.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1