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H.R. 8944 116th Congress House

AT HOME Learning Act

Official title: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act to include leave for employees who are unable to work due to minor chil… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act to include leave for employees who are unable to work due to minor children in optional virtual or hybrid learning, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 10, 2020 Introduced by: Grace Meng Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Cardiovascular and respiratory healthChild care and developmentEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary education
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Emergency medical services and trauma careEmployee leaveEmployment taxesInfectious and parasitic diseasesTeaching, teachers, curriculaWages and earnings
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Dec 10, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, 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.
Dec 10, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 10, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access To Health-based Options and More Ease with Learning Act or the AT HOME Learning Act

This bill extends certain emergency paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave provisions and modifies such provisions to include employees with children in schools implementing virtual or hybrid instruction due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
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Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Dec 18, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· Dec 15, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8944: AT HOME Learning Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8944/
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"H.R. 8944: AT HOME Learning Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8944/.
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H.R. 8944, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8944/.
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[H.R. 8944: AT HOME Learning Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8944/)
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