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HR 736 114th Congress House

To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.

Introduced: February 4, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Education of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Apr 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 4, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 4, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds to states for distribution to local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.

Requires that 80% of a state's allotment be allocated to LEAs on the basis of each LEA's proportion of low-income schoolchildren in the state, and that the remainder be allocated on the basis of each LEA's proportion of the overall population of schoolchildren in the state.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 736: To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-736/
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"H.R. 736: To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-736/.
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H.R. 736, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-736/.
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