# 117-hr-7037: School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act

117-hr-7037, School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7037
- Congress: 117
- Title: School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2022-03-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

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.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2022-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
- 117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 117-hr-55: Emmett Till Antilynching Act
- 117-hr-6117: PrEP Access and Coverage Act
- 117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 117-hres-746: Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2021

## Sources
- [117-hr-7037 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7037)

## Related
- [117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-2471)
- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
- [117-hr-55: Emmett Till Antilynching Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-55)
- [117-hr-6117: PrEP Access and Coverage Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6117)
- [117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6015)
- [117-hres-746: Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-746)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7037 (as of 2025-11-18).