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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 915 

To establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and parenting 

student services offices for pregnant students, parenting students, prospective parenting students who are anticipating a birth or adoption, 

and students who are placing or have placed a child for adoption. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 19, 2007 

Mrs. DOLE (for herself and Mr. NELSON of Nebraska) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage 

eligible institutions of higher education to establish and 

operate pregnant and parenting student services offices 

for pregnant students, parenting students, prospective 

parenting students who are anticipating a birth or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a 

child for adoption. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Elizabeth Cady Stan3 ton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 

4 2007’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU8 CATION.—The term ‘‘eligible institution of higher 

9 education’’ means an institution of higher education 

10 (as such term is defined in section 101 of the High11 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that 

12 has established and operates, or agrees to establish 

13 and operate upon the receipt of a grant under this 

14 Act, a pregnant and parenting student services office 

15 described in section 6. 

16 (2) PARENT; PARENTING.—The terms ‘‘parent’’ 

17 and ‘‘parenting’’ refer to a parent or legal guardian 

18 of a minor. 

19 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of Education. 

21 SEC. 3. PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENT SERVICES 

22 PILOT PROGRAM. 

23 From amounts appropriated under section 8 for a fis24 cal year, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program to 

25 award grants to eligible institutions of higher education 

26 to enable the eligible institutions to establish (or maintain) 


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1 and operate pregnant and parenting student services of2 fices in accordance with section 6. 

3 SEC. 4. APPLICATION; NUMBER OF GRANTS. 

4 (a) APPLICATION.—An eligible institution of higher 

5 education that desires to receive a grant under this Act 

6 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 

7 in such manner, and containing such information as the 

8 Secretary may require. 

9 (b) REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— 

10 The Secretary may require an eligible institution submit11 ting an application under subsection (a) to provide addi12 tional information if the Secretary determines such infor13 mation is necessary to process the application. 

14 (c) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The Secretary shall 

15 award grants under this Act to not more than 200 eligible 

16 institutions of higher education. 

17 SEC. 5. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 

18 An eligible institution of higher education that re19 ceives a grant under this Act shall contribute to the con20 duct of the pregnant and parenting student services office 

21 supported by the grant an amount from non-Federal funds 

22 equal to the amount of the grant. The non-Federal share 

23 may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including serv24 ices, facilities, supplies, or equipment. 


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1 SEC. 6. USE OF FUNDS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution of higher 

3 education that receives a grant under this Act shall use 

4 grant funds to establish (or maintain) and operate a preg5 nant and parenting student services office, located on the 

6 campus of the eligible institution, that carries out the fol7 lowing programs and activities: 

8 (1) Hosts an initial pregnancy and parenting 

9 resource forum— 

10 (A) to assess pregnancy and parenting re11 sources, located on the campus or within the 

12 local community, that are available to meet the 

13 needs described in paragraph (2); and 

14 (B) to set goals for— 

15 (i) improving such resources for preg16 nant, parenting, and prospective parenting 

17 students; and 

18 (ii) improving access to such re19 sources. 

20 (2) Annually assesses the performance of the el21 igible institution and the office in meeting the fol22 lowing needs of students enrolled in the eligible in23 stitution who are pregnant or are parents: 

24 (A) The inclusion of maternity coverage 

25 and the availability of riders for additional fam26 ily members in student health care. 


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1 (B) Family housing. 

2 (C) Child care. 

3 (D) Flexible or alternative academic sched4 uling, such as telecommuting programs. 

5 (E) Education to improve parenting skills 

6 for mothers and fathers. 

7 (F) Resources to assist parents and pro8 spective parents in meeting the material needs 

9 of their children. 

10 (G) Post-partum counseling and support 

11 groups. 

12 (3) Identifies public and private service pro13 viders, located on the campus of the eligible institu14 tion or within the local community, that are quali15 fied to meet the needs described in paragraph (2), 

16 and establishes programs with qualified providers to 

17 meet such needs. 

18 (4) Assists pregnant and parenting students 

19 and their spouses in locating and obtaining services 

20 that meet the needs described in paragraph (2). 

21 (5) If appropriate, provides referrals for pre22 natal care and delivery, infant or foster care, or 

23 adoption, to a student who requests such informa24 tion. An office shall make such referrals only to 


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1 service providers that primarily serve the following 

2 types of individuals: 

3 (A) Parents. 

4 (B) Prospective parents awaiting adoption. 

5 (C) Women who are pregnant and plan on 

6 parenting or placing the child for adoption. 

7 (D) Parenting or prospective parenting 

8 couples who are married or who plan on 

9 marrying in order to provide a supportive envi10 ronment for each other and their child. 

11 (b) EXPANDED SERVICES.—In carrying out the pro12 grams and activities described in subsection (a), an eligible 

13 institution of higher education receiving a grant under this 

14 Act may choose to provide access to such programs and 

15 activities to a pregnant or parenting employee of the eligi16 ble institution, and the employee’s spouse. 

17 SEC. 7. REPORTING. 

18 (a) ANNUAL REPORT BY INSTITUTIONS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year that an 

20 eligible institution of higher education receives a 

21 grant under this Act, the eligible institution shall 

22 prepare and submit to the Secretary, by the date de23 termined by the Secretary, a report that— 


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1 (A) itemizes the pregnant and parenting 

2 student services office’s expenditures for the fis3 cal year; 

4 (B) contains a review and evaluation of the 

5 performance of the office in fulfilling the re6 quirements of this Act, using the specific per7 formance criteria or standards established 

8 under paragraph (2)(A); and 

9 (C) describes the achievement of the office 

10 in meeting the needs listed in section 6(a)(2) of 

11 the students served by the eligible institution, 

12 and the frequency of use of the office by such 

13 students. 

14 (2) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.—Not later than 

15 180 days before the date the annual report described 

16 in paragraph (1) is submitted, the Secretary— 

17 (A) shall identify the specific performance 

18 criteria or standards that shall be used to pre19 pare the report; and 

20 (B) may establish the form or format of 

21 the report. 

22 (3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—After review23 ing an annual report of an eligible institution of 

24 higher education, the Secretary may require that the 

25 eligible institution provide additional information if 


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1 the Secretary determines that such additional infor2 mation is necessary to evaluate the pilot program. 

3 (b) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 

4 annually prepare and submit a report on the findings of 

5 the pilot program under this Act, including the number 

6 of eligible institutions of higher education that were 

7 awarded grants and the number of students served by 

8 each pregnant and parenting services office receiving 

9 funds under this Act, to the appropriate committees of the 

10 Senate and the House of Representatives. 

11 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 this Act $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 

14 through 2012. 

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