Introduce the Public Service Educational Assistance Act to cover the full cost of postsecondary education and training for dependents of educators, first responders, and social workers with at least 20 years of qualifying service.

Shomari Figures · Alabama · Democratic

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Introduce the bipartisan Public Service Educational Assistance Act.. Promised outcome: Cover the full cost of higher education and training opportunities for dependents of educators, first responders, and social workers who have completed at least 20 years of qualifying service.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Press release from Rep. Shomari Figures' House office during his term representing Alabama's 2nd District.

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Occurrences

WASHINGTON — Today, Rep. Shomari C. Figures (AL-02), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-05), and Rep. Mike Ezell (MS-04) will introduce the bipartisan Public Service Educational Assistance Act, a bill to support the families of critical public service employees by covering the full cost of higher education and training opportunities for the dependents of educators, first responders, and social workers.

Figures committed to introducing bipartisan legislation creating education assistance for dependents of certain long-serving public service employees.

Figures, Booker, Hayes, Ezell to Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Cover College and Trade School Costs for Families of America’s First Responders, Teachers, and Social Workers | Representative Shomari Figures
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To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Public Service Educational Assistance Program to provide educational assistance to the dependents of public service employees, and for other purposes.

The bill sponsored by Figures proposes directing the Secretary of Education to establish a Public Service Educational Assistance Program for dependents of public service employees.

BILLS-119hr10551ih.pdf
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Evidence

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Mr. Figures (for himself, Mrs. Hayes, and Mr. Ezell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo bill text shows Rep. Shomari Figures introduced H.R. 10551, the Public Service Educational Assistance Act, on September 24, 2026.

delivered same_term A for effort

H. R. 10551 (Introduced-in-House)
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The Secretary shall establish a Public Service Educational Assistance Program to provide educational assistance to each dependent of each public service employee who, on or after the effective date of this Act, has at least 20 years of service as a public service employee

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text contains the promised program for dependents of public service employees with at least 20 years of service.

delivered same_term A for effort

H. R. 10551 (Introduced-in-House)
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of 2026-10-01 · unverified · Supporting passages or original commitment are not verified.. Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown

The verified commitment is an exact promise to introduce the Public Service Educational Assistance Act. The only verified outcome passage shows the bill text would establish educational assistance for dependents of qualifying public service employees, but it does not verify that Shomari Figures introduced, sponsored, or materially advanced the bill. The unverified introduction passage cannot be used as factual evidence, so delivery and attribution are not proven under the evidence rules.

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