This bill provides certain resources to increase the number of social workers in elementary and secondary schools. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to high-need local educational agencies to retain or hire school social workers. The bill also establishes a national technical assistance center for school social work to, among other duties, develop strategies for improving the effectiveness of the school social work workforce.

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[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 4, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin:H.R. 7798.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress is established by Article I of the U.S.Constitution. This article vests all legislative powers inCongress, which consists of a Senate and a House ofRepresentatives.[Page H2421]

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Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] · [D-MI-3] · S001221 · Co-sponsored 2026-03-04 · original
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Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] · [D-TX-29] · G000587 · Co-sponsored 2026-03-04 · original
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · [D-DC-0] · N000147 · Co-sponsored 2026-04-14
Dem-DC current · 18 terms · @EleanorNorton · 1 district office
Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] · [D-TX-16] · E000299 · Co-sponsored 2026-05-13
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2026-03-04T15:02:30ZReferred To

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Display Title2026-09-19T23:35:54Z
School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act
Short Title(s) as IntroducedIH2026-03-22T05:38:22Z
School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act
Official Title as IntroducedIH2026-03-22T05:33:23Z
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to hire and retain school social workers, and for other purposes.

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Introduced in House2026-03-04T05:00:00Z
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00 · 2026-03-04 · Introduced in House

School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act

This bill provides certain resources to increase the number of social workers in elementary and secondary schools.

Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to high-need local educational agencies to retain or hire school social workers.

The bill also establishes a national technical assistance center for school social work to, among other duties, develop strategies for improving the effectiveness of the school social work workforce.

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Latest: 2026-07-22 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, the Judiciary, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Homeland Security, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Relationship: Related bill (via CRS)

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