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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8050 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to support and strengthen 

outcomes for student parents through the provision of child care services, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2024 

Mr. MORAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to support 

and strengthen outcomes for student parents through 

the provision of child care services, 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 ‘‘Supporting Parents 

5 in Education Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN SCHOOL. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 419N of the Higher Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070e) is amended to read 

4 as follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 419N. CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN 

6 SCHOOL. 

7 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 

8 support the participation and strengthen outcomes of eligi9 ble student parents in postsecondary education through 

10 the provision of child care services. 

11 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

12 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may award 

13 grants to eligible entities to assist such entities in 

14 providing child care services to eligible student par15 ents. 

16 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—The 

18 amount of a grant awarded to an eligible entity 

19 under this section for a fiscal year shall be not 

20 less than $75,000. 

21 ‘‘(B) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—The 

22 amount of a grant awarded to an eligible entity 

23 under this section for a fiscal year shall not ex24 ceed— 

25 ‘‘(i) in the case of an eligible entity 

26 that is an individual institution of higher 


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1 education, 3 percent of the total amount of 

2 all Federal Pell Grant funds awarded to 

3 students enrolled at the institution for the 

4 preceding fiscal year; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible entity 

6 that is a consortium of institutions of high7 er education, 3 percent of the total amount 

8 of all Federal Pell Grant funds awarded to 

9 students enrolled at all institutions in such 

10 consortium for the preceding fiscal year. 

11 ‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—If the maximum 

12 amount of a grant calculated under subpara13 graph (B) for an eligible entity is less the min14 imum amount specified in subparagraph (A), 

15 the eligible entity shall be awarded a grant of 

16 $75,000. 

17 ‘‘(3) DURATION; RENEWAL; AND PAYMENTS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) DURATION.—The Secretary shall 

19 award a grant under this section for a period 

20 of 4 years. 

21 ‘‘(B) PAYMENTS.—Subject to subsection 

22 (e)(2), the Secretary shall make annual grant 

23 payments under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds under this 

2 section shall be used by an eligible entity to carry 

3 out one or more of the following activities: 

4 ‘‘(A) Supporting or establishing child care 

5 services primarily serving the needs of eligible 

6 student parents served by the entity. 

7 ‘‘(B) Making grants to or entering into 

8 contracts or other agreements with local child 

9 care providers or other appropriate entities for 

10 purposes of providing eligible student parents 

11 with access to child care services. 

12 ‘‘(C) Providing or supporting additional 

13 services (other than direct child care services) 

14 to help eligible student parents served by the 

15 entity care for their children, including trans16 portation, nutrition support, and health care 

17 services. 

18 ‘‘(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

19 this section shall be construed to prohibit an eligible 

20 entity that receives grant funds under this section 

21 from serving the child care needs of the community 

22 served by the entity. 

23 ‘‘(6) PUBLICITY.—The Secretary shall publicize 

24 the availability of grants under this section, includ25 ing by— 


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1 ‘‘(A) publishing notice of the availability of 

2 such grants in the Federal Register; 

3 ‘‘(B) informing appropriate educational, 

4 nonprofit, and child care organizations of such 

5 availability; and 

6 ‘‘(C) carrying out such other activities as 

7 the Secretary determines appropriate. 

8 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity desiring a 

9 grant under this section shall submit an application to the 

10 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 

11 by such information as the Secretary may require. Each 

12 application shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) demonstrate that the entity is an eligible 

14 entity; 

15 ‘‘(2) in the case of an application from an eligi16 ble entity that is a consortium of institutions of 

17 higher education— 

18 ‘‘(A) identify each institution in the con19 sortium; 

20 ‘‘(B) explain the reasons for the establish21 ment of the consortium; and 

22 ‘‘(C) describe how institutions in the con23 sortium will work together to meet the needs of 

24 eligible student parents; 

25 ‘‘(3) specify the amount of funds requested; 


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1 ‘‘(4) demonstrate the need of eligible student 

2 parents served by the entity for child care services 

3 by including in the application— 

4 ‘‘(A) information regarding student demo5 graphics; 

6 ‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 

7 an assessment of child care capacity on or near 

8 each campus or other location served by the en9 tity; 

10 ‘‘(C) information regarding additional 

11 needs created by community income levels or 

12 other factors; 

13 ‘‘(D) information about the number of eli14 gible student parents projected to be served by 

15 the entity during the grant period which may be 

16 determined using historical or projected data 

17 regarding the numbers of eligible student par18 ents enrolled in institutions that comprise the 

19 entity; 

20 ‘‘(E) information about the retention and 

21 completion rates of eligible student parents; 

22 ‘‘(F) information about the direct costs 

23 charged to eligible student parents; 


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1 ‘‘(G) information on the types and average 

2 amounts of non-Federal aid given to eligible 

3 student parents; and 

4 ‘‘(H) other relevant data; 

5 ‘‘(5) contain a description of the activities to be 

6 funded with the grant, including whether the grant 

7 funds will support an existing child care program or 

8 a new child care program; 

9 ‘‘(6) identify the resources, including non-Fed10 eral resources, technical expertise, and community 

11 support, the entity will draw upon to support eligible 

12 student parents in accessing child care services, and 

13 provide an assurance that the expenditure of such 

14 resources will not result in compensatory increases 

15 in student tuition; 

16 ‘‘(7) contain an assurance that the entity will 

17 meet the child care needs of eligible student parents 

18 through the provision of services, or through a con19 tract for the provision of services; 

20 ‘‘(8) identify each program of study in the field 

21 of early childhood education offered by the eligible 

22 entity and the CIP code assigned to such program; 

23 ‘‘(9) describe how the child care services sup24 ported with a grant under this section may be inte25 grated with the programs of study identified under 


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1 paragraph (8), including a description of whether 

2 and to what extent students enrolled in such pro3 grams may receive academic or other credit toward 

4 graduation requirements in conjunction with pro5 viding such services; 

6 ‘‘(10) in the case of an eligible entity seeking 

7 assistance for a new child care program or a new 

8 contract for the provision of child care services— 

9 ‘‘(A) provide a timeline, covering the pe10 riod from receipt of the grant through the pro11 vision of the child care services, delineating the 

12 specific steps the entity will take to achieve the 

13 goal of providing eligible student parents with 

14 child care services; 

15 ‘‘(B) specify any measures the entity will 

16 take to assist eligible student parents with child 

17 care during the period before the entity pro18 vides child care services; and 

19 ‘‘(C) include a plan for identifying the re20 sources needed for the child care services sup21 ported by the grant, including— 

22 ‘‘(i) space in which to provide such 

23 services; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) any technical assistance that may 

25 be required; 


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1 ‘‘(11) include a certification that there are in 

2 effect within the State, under State or local law, re3 quirements designed to protect the health and safety 

4 of children that are applicable to child care providers 

5 that provide services for which assistance is made 

6 available under this section; 

7 ‘‘(12) contain an assurance that any child care 

8 facility assisted under this section will meet the ap9 plicable State or local government licensing, certifi10 cation, approval, provisional status, or registration 

11 requirements prior to serving children and families; 

12 ‘‘(13) describe how information regarding the 

13 availability of child care services will be provided to 

14 eligible student parents; and 

15 ‘‘(14) contain an abstract summarizing the con16 tents of such application together with an expla17 nation of how the entity intends to achieve the pur18 pose described in subsection (a). 

19 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall give 

21 priority in awarding grants under this section to eli22 gible entities that submit applications describing 

23 programs for eligible student parents to access child 

24 care services that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) include efforts to leverage significant 

2 non-Federal, local, or institutional resources, in3 cluding in-kind contributions, to support the ac4 tivities assisted under this section; 

5 ‘‘(B) utilize a sliding fee scale for child 

6 care services provided under this section in 

7 order to maximize the number of eligible stu8 dent parents served; 

9 ‘‘(C) coordinate with other community pro10 grams, as appropriate, to improve the quality of 

11 child care services and limit the cost of such 

12 services; 

13 ‘‘(D) include efforts to improve the comple14 tion rates and value-added earnings of eligible 

15 student parents and plans to evaluate the effec16 tiveness of such efforts; 

17 ‘‘(E) include efforts by the eligible entity— 

18 ‘‘(i) to reduce the direct costs charged 

19 to eligible student parents; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) to increase the amount of non21 Federal aid given to eligible student par22 ents; and 

23 ‘‘(F) are integrated with programs of 

24 study in early childhood education identified 

25 under subsection (c)(8), including by allowing 


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1 students enrolled in such programs to receive 

2 academic or other credit toward graduation re3 quirements in conjunction with providing such 

4 services as described in subsection (c)(9). 

5 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

6 may provide technical assistance to eligible entities 

7 to help such entities qualify for, apply for, and main8 tain a grant under this section. 

9 ‘‘(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; CONTINUING ELI10 GIBILITY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) REPORTS.—Each eligible entity re13 ceiving a grant under this section shall report 

14 to the Secretary annually. 

15 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each report under sub16 paragraph (A) shall include— 

17 ‘‘(i) data on the population served by 

18 the child care program supported with a 

19 grant under this section, including— 

20 ‘‘(I) the total number of children 

21 served by the program and the age 

22 ranges of such children; and 

23 ‘‘(II) the total number of eligible 

24 student parents served by the pro25 gram; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible entity 

2 that is an institution of higher education, 

3 the number of such eligible student parents 

4 served by such program— 

5 ‘‘(I) who are attending an insti6 tution on a full-time basis; 

7 ‘‘(II) who are attending an insti8 tution on a part-time basis; 

9 ‘‘(III) who remain enrolled at an 

10 institution during the academic year 

11 for which such student parents re12 ceived child care services supported 

13 under this section; 

14 ‘‘(IV) who remain enrolled at an 

15 institution during the academic year 

16 following the academic year in which 

17 such student parents first received 

18 such services; 

19 ‘‘(V) who graduate from an insti20 tution during the academic year for 

21 which such student parents received 

22 such services; 

23 ‘‘(VI) who transfer to a different 

24 institution during the academic year 


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1 for which such student parents re2 ceived such services; and 

3 ‘‘(VII) who withdraw from an in4 stitution during the academic year for 

5 which such student parents received 

6 such services; 

7 ‘‘(iii) in the case of an eligible entity 

8 that is a consortium of institutions of high9 er education, each category of information 

10 described in clause (ii) stated separately 

11 for the consortium as a whole and for each 

12 institution in the consortium; 

13 ‘‘(iv) information on the eligibility of 

14 eligible student parents for Federal Pell 

15 Grants (as described subsection (g)(6)(C)), 

16 including the average amount of Federal 

17 Pell Grants received by such student par18 ents; 

19 ‘‘(v) the marital status of eligible stu20 dent parents; 

21 ‘‘(vi) the average completion rate of 

22 eligible student parents; 

23 ‘‘(vii) information on sources of cam24 pus and community resources available to 

25 eligible student parents and the amount of 


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1 non-Federal funding used by such parents 

2 to access child care services; 

3 ‘‘(viii) the fee structure for eligible 

4 student parents to receive child care serv5 ices supported under this section, including 

6 a description of any sliding scale used to 

7 determine such fees; 

8 ‘‘(ix) the percentage of the grant 

9 funds received by the entity that was used 

10 directly to subsidize any fees charged for— 

11 ‘‘(I) campus-based child care 

12 services for eligible student parents; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(II) off-campus child care serv15 ices for eligible student parents; 

16 ‘‘(x) documentation that the child care 

17 services supported by the grant meet li18 censing, certification, approval, and reg19 istration requirements, as applicable; and 

20 ‘‘(xi) a description of how grant funds 

21 received under this section were used to 

22 pursue the goals of the entity as set forth 

23 in the application submitted by the entity 

24 under subsection (c). 


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1 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—On an an2 nual basis, the Secretary shall publish the re3 ports received under subparagraph (A) on a 

4 publicly accessible website of the Department of 

5 Education. 

6 ‘‘(2) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary 

7 shall make continuation awards under this section to 

8 an eligible entity only if the Secretary determines, on 

9 the basis of the reports submitted under paragraph 

10 (1), that the entity is— 

11 ‘‘(A) using funds only for authorized pur12 poses; 

13 ‘‘(B) providing eligible student parents 

14 served by the entity with priority access to af15 fordable, quality child care services, as provided 

16 under this section; 

17 ‘‘(C) implementing practices that, to the 

18 maximum extent practicable— 

19 ‘‘(i) improve the completion rates and 

20 value-added earnings of eligible student 

21 parents; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) reduce the direct costs charged 

23 to eligible student parents; and 

24 ‘‘(D) documenting a continued need for 

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1 onstrating how non-Federal sources will be le2 veraged to support a continuation award. 

3 ‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION.—No funds provided under this 

4 section shall be used for construction, except for minor 

5 renovation or repair to meet applicable State or local 

6 health or safety requirements. 

7 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) CHILD CARE SERVICES.—The term ‘child 

9 care services’ includes campus-based child care serv10 ices and child care services provided in an off-cam11 pus setting that are accessible to eligible student 

12 parents. 

13 ‘‘(2) CIP CODE.—The term ‘CIP code’ means 

14 the six-digit taxonomic identification code assigned 

15 by an institution of higher education to a specific 

16 program of study at the institution, determined by 

17 the institution in accordance with the Classification 

18 of Instructional Programs published by the National 

19 Center for Education Statistics. 

20 ‘‘(3) COMPLETION RATE.—The term ‘comple21 tion rate’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) the percentage of students from an 

23 initial cohort enrolled at an institution of higher 

24 education that is a 2-year institution who have 


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1 graduated from the institution or transferred to 

2 a 4-year institution of higher education; or 

3 ‘‘(B) the percentage of students from an 

4 initial cohort enrolled at an institution of higher 

5 education in the State that is a 4-year institu6 tion who have graduated from the institution. 

7 ‘‘(4) DIRECT COSTS.—The term ‘direct costs’ 

8 means the total cost of all items included in the cost 

9 of attendance (as defined in section 472) that are 

10 billed to the student by the institution or otherwise 

11 required by the institution for enrollment. 

12 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en13 tity’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) an institution of higher education 

15 that had an enrollment of not fewer than 150 

16 eligible student parents in the most recently 

17 completed award year as of the date the deter18 mination is made; or 

19 ‘‘(B) a consortium of two or more institu20 tions of higher education that had a total com21 bined enrollment of not fewer than 150 eligible 

22 student parents in the most recently completed 

23 award year as of the date the determination is 

24 made. 


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1 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE STUDENT PARENT.—The term 

2 ‘eligible student parent’ means a student who— 

3 ‘‘(A) is the parent or guardian of one or 

4 more dependent children; 

5 ‘‘(B) is enrolled in an institution of higher 

6 education described in subparagraph (A) or (B) 

7 of paragraph (5); and 

8 ‘‘(C)(i) is eligible to receive a Federal Pell 

9 Grant under section 401 for the award year for 

10 which the determination is made; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) meets the financial eligibility criteria 

12 for receiving a Federal Pell Grant under section 

13 401 for such award year but is not eligible for 

14 a Federal Pell Grant because the student is en15 rolled in a graduate or first professional course 

16 of study. 

17 ‘‘(7) VALUE-ADDED EARNINGS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) CALCULATION.—With respect to a 

19 student who received Federal financial aid 

20 under this title and who completed a program 

21 of study offered by an institution of higher edu22 cation, the term ‘value-added earnings’ 

23 means— 

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1 ings measurement period for such program 

2 (as determined under subparagraph (C)); 

3 minus 

4 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a student who 

5 completed a program of study that 

6 awards— 

7 ‘‘(I) an undergraduate credential, 

8 150 percent of the poverty line appli9 cable to a single individual as deter10 mined under section 673(2) of the 

11 Community Services Block Grant Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) for such year; or 

13 ‘‘(II) a graduate credential, 300 

14 percent of the poverty line applicable 

15 to a single individual as determined 

16 under section 673(2) of the Commu17 nity Services Block Grant Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 9902(2)) for such year. 

19 ‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC ADJUSTMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro21 vided in clause (ii), the Secretary shall use 

22 the geographic location of the institution at 

23 which a student completed a program of 

24 study to adjust the value-added earnings of 


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1 the student calculated under subparagraph 

2 (A) by dividing— 

3 ‘‘(I) the difference between sub4 clauses (I) and (II) of such subpara5 graph; by 

6 ‘‘(II) the most recent regional 

7 price parity index of the Bureau of 

8 Economics Analysis for the State or, 

9 as applicable, metropolitan area in 

10 which such institution is located. 

11 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The value-added 

12 earnings of a student calculated under sub13 paragraph (A) shall not be adjusted based 

14 on geographic location in accordance with 

15 clause (i) if such student attended prin16 cipally through distance education. 

17 ‘‘(C) EARNINGS MEASUREMENT PERIOD.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose 

19 of calculating the value-added earnings of 

20 a student, except as provided in clause (ii), 

21 the annual earnings of a student shall be 

22 measured— 

23 ‘‘(I) in the case of a program of 

24 study that awards an undergraduate 

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1 cate, or graduate certificate, one year 

2 after the student completes such pro3 gram; 

4 ‘‘(II) in the case of a program of 

5 study that awards an associate’s de6 gree or master’s degree, 2 years after 

7 the student completes such program; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(III) in the case of a program of 

10 study that awards a bachelor’s degree, 

11 doctoral degree, or professional de12 gree, 4 years after the student com13 pletes such program. 

14 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary 

15 may, as the Secretary determines appro16 priate based on the characteristics of a 

17 program of study, extend an earnings 

18 measurement period described in clause (i) 

19 for a program of study that— 

20 ‘‘(I) requires completion of an 

21 additional educational program after 

22 completion of the program of study in 

23 order to obtain a licensure associated 

24 with the credential awarded for such 

25 program of study; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) when combined with the 

2 program length of such additional 

3 educational program for licensure, has 

4 a total program length that exceeds 

5 the relevant earnings measurement 

6 period prescribed for such program of 

7 study under clause (i), 

8 except that in no case shall the annual 

9 earnings of a student be measured more 

10 than 5 years after the student completes a 

11 program of study.’’. 

12 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub13 section (a) shall apply with respect to grants made under 

14 section 419N of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

15 U.S.C. 1070e) on or after the date of enactment of this 

16 Act. 

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