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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5222 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish notification requirements for policies concerning expectant and parenting students, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2019 

Mr. ALLRED (for himself and Mr. TRONE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish 

notification requirements for policies concerning expectant and parenting students, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Student Par5 ents Succeed Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXPECTANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS POLICIES. 

7 Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

8 18 U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(n) EXPECTANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS POLI2 CIES.—Each institution of higher education participating 

3 in any program under this title shall develop and make 

4 available, including on the institution’s website, a state5 ment of policy concerning expectant and parenting stu6 dents, which shall include, at a minimum— 

7 ‘‘(1) the institution’s policy regarding leaves of 

8 absence related to pregnancy (and related medical 

9 conditions), and the birth or adoption of a child, 

10 which shall include— 

11 ‘‘(A) any policies related to the availability 

12 of parental leave; and 

13 ‘‘(B) options, including time requirements, 

14 for making up missed work for students who 

15 take a leave of absence; 

16 ‘‘(2) information regarding lactation accom17 modations available to students; 

18 ‘‘(3) a description of the process for requesting 

19 accommodations, and the type of accommodations 

20 available to expectant and parenting students, in21 cluding— 

22 ‘‘(A) information on accommodations for 

23 pregnancy-related medical conditions; and 

24 ‘‘(B) information on accommodations for 

25 students who have parental responsibilities; 


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1 ‘‘(4) information regarding financial aid eligi2 bility for expectant and parenting students, includ3 ing— 

4 ‘‘(A) the availability of dependent care al5 lowances for a parenting student for the pur6 poses of determining the student’s cost of at7 tendance; 

8 ‘‘(B) the ability to change dependency sta9 tus, including during an award year, following 

10 the birth of a child; 

11 ‘‘(C) the availability of and eligibility re12 quirements for any emergency financial aid pro13 grams provided by the institution; and 

14 ‘‘(D) an explanation of the effect that a 

15 leave of absence may have on a student’s dem16 onstration of satisfactory academic progress, in17 cluding for the purposes of eligibility to partici18 pate in financial aid programs under this title; 

19 ‘‘(5) information on available student support 

20 services, programs, and community resources, such 

21 as academic advising, child care (including child care 

22 subsidy and assistance programs), housing (includ23 ing housing subsidies and utility assistance pro24 grams), food (including food assistance programs), 

25 public benefits, health care, health insurance, mental 


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1 health, transportation benefits, mentoring, and other 

2 services available for expectant and parenting stu3 dents, both on-campus and in the community, and 

4 under local, State, and Federal law; 

5 ‘‘(6) information regarding the availability of 

6 on-campus housing that permits students to live 

7 with dependents; 

8 ‘‘(7) information on the rights and protections 

9 that are guaranteed to expectant and parenting stu10 dents under applicable Federal and State laws; 

11 ‘‘(8) the institution’s procedures for addressing 

12 complaints under title IX of the Education Amend13 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), including 

14 procedures for reporting complaints under such title; 

15 ‘‘(9) the institution’s procedures for addressing 

16 complaints alleging discrimination based on a preg17 nancy-related disability under section 504 of the Re18 habilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) or 

19 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 

20 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), including procedures for re21 porting complaints under such laws; and 

22 ‘‘(10) the contact information for the institu23 tion’s Office of Accessibility, the institution’s Title 

24 IX coordinator, and any other relevant staff mem25 bers who serve as a point of contact for, or offer 


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1 services available to, expectant and parenting stu2 dents.’’. 

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