II 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5033 

To amend the Child Care Access Means Parents In School Program under 

the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 

CASEY, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. 

SMITH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WARNOCK, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WYDEN, 

and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Care Access Means Parents In School 

Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

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 ‘‘Child Care Access 

5 Means Parents In Schools Reauthorization Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act’’. 

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

8 Section 419N of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

9 (20 U.S.C. 1070e) is amended to read as follows: 


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

2 SCHOOL. 

3 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to fa4 cilitate the success of eligible student parents in postsec5 ondary education through the provision of child care serv6 ices, including campus-based child care services. 

7 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

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

9 grants to eligible institutions to assist the eligible in10 stitutions in providing child care services to eligible 

11 student parents. 

12 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

14 under this section shall be awarded in an 

15 amount that is not less than $75,000 per year. 

16 ‘‘(B) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

17 under this section shall be awarded in an 

18 amount that is not more than $2,000,000 per 

19 year. 

20 ‘‘(C) RATABLE INCREASES AND DE21 CREASES.—The amount specified in subpara22 graph (A) shall be ratably increased or de23 creased to the extent that funds available under 

24 subsection (i) exceed or are less than (respec25 tively) the amount required to provide the 

26 amount specified in subparagraph (A). 


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1 ‘‘(3) DURATION AND PAYMENTS.— 

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

3 award a grant under this section for a period 

4 of 5 years. 

5 ‘‘(B) PAYMENTS.—Subject to subpara6 graphs (C) and (D), the Secretary shall make 

7 annual grant payments under this section. 

8 ‘‘(C) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.—The Sec9 retary may consider applications from an eligi10 ble institution that receives grant funds under 

11 this section for additional funds in any subse12 quent fiscal year, if such institution dem13 onstrates the need for such additional funds, 

14 subject to the maximum grant amount under 

15 paragraph (2)(B) and the duration of the origi16 nal grant under subparagraph (A). 

17 ‘‘(D) CONTINUATION AWARDS.—The Sec18 retary shall make continuation awards under 

19 this section to an institution of higher education 

20 only if the Secretary determines, on the basis of 

21 the reports submitted under subsection (g)(1), 

22 that the institution is making a good faith ef23 fort to ensure that eligible student parents at 

24 the institution have access to affordable, quality 

25 child care services. 


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1 ‘‘(4) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.— 

2 In this section, the term ‘eligible institution’ 

3 means— 

4 ‘‘(A) an institution of higher education, as 

5 defined in section 101, with respect to which 

6 the total number of students eligible for a Fed7 eral Pell Grant enrolled at the institution of 

8 higher education in the most recently completed 

9 award year was equal to or greater than 150; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(B) a consortium of institutions of higher 

12 education described in subparagraph (A). 

13 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution re15 ceiving a grant under this section shall use such 

16 grant funds to support access to child care services 

17 for eligible student parents enrolled at such institu18 tion by carrying out 1 or more of the following ac19 tivities: 

20 ‘‘(A) Establishing or supporting a campus21 based child care program. 

22 ‘‘(B) Providing subsidized child care using 

23 a sliding fee scale. 

24 ‘‘(C) Providing subsidized and accessible 

25 before and after school services. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PERMITTED USES.—In addition to the re2 quired activities described in paragraph (1), an eligi3 ble institution receiving a grant under this section 

4 may use such grant funds to carry out 1 or more 

5 of the following activities: 

6 ‘‘(A) Providing support services for eligible 

7 student parents. 

8 ‘‘(B) Enhancing the quality of the campus9 based child care program supported under this 

10 section, including to meet at least one of the 

11 purposes described in subparagraphs (A) 

12 through (C) of subsection (d)(15). 

13 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) USE OF FUNDS PROHIBITION.— 

15 Funds under this section shall not be used for 

16 construction, except for renovation or repair to 

17 meet applicable State or local health or safety 

18 requirements. 

19 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL ELIGI20 BILITY REQUIREMENTS.—No eligible institution 

21 receiving a grant under this section may require 

22 a student parent to meet requirements (such as 

23 requirements related to work, academic 

24 progress, or enrollment intensity) to be eligible 


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1 for child care services under this section other 

2 than the requirements listed in paragraph (5). 

3 ‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

4 this section shall be construed to prohibit an institu5 tion of higher education that receives grant funds 

6 under this section from serving the child care needs 

7 of the community served by such institution. 

8 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE STUDENT PAR9 ENT.—For the purpose of this section, the term ‘eli10 gible student parent’ means a student who— 

11 ‘‘(A) is the parent or guardian of 1 or 

12 more dependent child; 

13 ‘‘(B) is enrolled at an eligible institution; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(C) for the award year for which the de16 termination is made— 

17 ‘‘(i) is eligible to receive a Federal 

18 Pell Grant; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) meets the financial eligibility cri20 teria for receiving a Federal Pell Grant 

21 under section 401, but is not eligible for a 

22 Federal Pell Grant for such award year be23 cause— 

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1 eral Student Aid described in section 

2 483; 

3 ‘‘(II) the student does not meet 

4 the eligibility requirements of section 

5 484; or 

6 ‘‘(III) the student is enrolled in a 

7 graduate or first professional course 

8 of study. 

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

10 the availability of grants under this section, in addi11 tion to publication in the Federal Register, and shall 

12 inform appropriate educational, nonprofit, and child 

13 care organizations of such availability. 

14 ‘‘(7) SPECIAL RULE.—Any assistance provided 

15 to eligible student parents from grants provided 

16 under this section shall not be treated as other fi17 nancial assistance for the purposes of section 

18 471(3). 

19 ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible institution desiring 

20 a grant under this section shall submit an application to 

21 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom22 panied by such information as the Secretary may require. 

23 Such application shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) demonstrate that the institution is an eligi25 ble institution described in subsection (b)(4); 


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1 ‘‘(2) specify the amount of funds requested; 

2 ‘‘(3) demonstrate the need of eligible student 

3 parents at the institution for accessible and afford4 able child care services by including in the applica5 tion— 

6 ‘‘(A) information regarding student demo7 graphics; 

8 ‘‘(B) an assessment of child care capacity 

9 on or near campus; 

10 ‘‘(C) information regarding the existence of 

11 waiting lists for child care services on or near 

12 campus; 

13 ‘‘(D) information regarding additional 

14 needs created by concentrations of poverty or 

15 by geographic isolation; and 

16 ‘‘(E) other relevant data; 

17 ‘‘(4) contain a description of the activities to be 

18 assisted, including whether the grant funds will sup19 port an existing child care program or a new child 

20 care program; 

21 ‘‘(5) identify the resources, including technical 

22 expertise and financial support, the institution will 

23 draw upon to support the child care program and 

24 the participation of eligible student parents in the 

25 program (such as accessing social services funding, 


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1 using student activity fees to help pay the costs of 

2 child care, using resources obtained by meeting the 

3 needs of parents who are not eligible student par4 ents, and accessing foundation, corporate, or other 

5 institutional support) and demonstrate that the use 

6 of the resources will not result in increases in stu7 dent tuition and fees; 

8 ‘‘(6) contain an assurance that the institution 

9 will meet the child care needs of eligible student par10 ents through the provision of services, or through a 

11 contract for the provision of services; 

12 ‘‘(7) describe the extent to which the child care 

13 program will coordinate with the institution’s early 

14 childhood education curriculum, to the extent the 

15 curriculum is available, to meet the needs of the stu16 dents in the early childhood education program at 

17 the institution, and the needs of the parents and 

18 children participating in the child care program as19 sisted under this section; 

20 ‘‘(8) in the case of an institution seeking assist21 ance to establish a campus-based child care pro22 gram— 

23 ‘‘(A) provide a timeline, covering the pe24 riod from receipt of the grant through the pro25 vision of the child care services, delineating the 


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1 specific steps the institution will take to achieve 

2 the goal of providing eligible student parents 

3 with child care services; 

4 ‘‘(B) specify any measures the institution 

5 will take to assist eligible student parents with 

6 child care during the period before the institu7 tion provides child care services; 

8 ‘‘(C) include a plan for identifying re9 sources needed for the child care services, in10 cluding space in which to provide child care 

11 services, and technical assistance if necessary; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(D) include plans to assure quality of 

14 campus-based child care facilities; 

15 ‘‘(9) in the case of an institution seeking assist16 ance for a campus-based child care program in exist17 ence on the date of the application— 

18 ‘‘(A) provide information regarding the 

19 number of eligible student parents served 

20 through campus-based child care on such date; 

21 ‘‘(B) provide information on the age 

22 groups of children to be served; 

23 ‘‘(C) specify any measures the institution 

24 will take to assist eligible student parents who 


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1 are waitlisted for the campus-based child care 

2 program; 

3 ‘‘(D) provide information regarding the ap4 plication of subsidies or a sliding fee scale for 

5 child care services; 

6 ‘‘(E) specify what staff positions will be 

7 supported by funding under this section, and 

8 how those staff positions support the purpose 

9 under subsection (a); 

10 ‘‘(F) provide information on the total num11 ber of children served by the campus-based 

12 child care program, and number of children of 

13 students served; and 

14 ‘‘(G) specify if funding will be used to en15 hance program quality as described in sub16 section (c)(2)(B); 

17 ‘‘(10) in the case of an institution seeking as18 sistance that will contract for the provision of child 

19 care services— 

20 ‘‘(A) provide information on the age 

21 groups of children to be served; 

22 ‘‘(B) provide information regarding the ap23 plication of subsidies or a sliding fee scale for 

24 child care services; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) provide information regarding param2 eters the institution will use in selecting child 

3 care providers in contracting for the provision 

4 of services, including— 

5 ‘‘(i) assessment of program quality; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(ii) geographic location; 

8 ‘‘(11) contain an assurance that any child care 

9 facility assisted under this section will meet the ap10 plicable State and local government licensing, certifi11 cation, approval, or registration requirements; 

12 ‘‘(12) describe how information regarding the 

13 availability of subsidized child care will be provided 

14 to students; 

15 ‘‘(13) contain an assurance that the institution 

16 will assist student parents receiving child care serv17 ices provided under this section in enrolling in Fed18 eral, State, Tribal, or local means-tested benefits 

19 programs for which they may be eligible, including— 

20 ‘‘(A) the supplemental nutrition assistance 

21 program established under the Food and Nutri22 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), a nu23 trition assistance program carried out under 

24 section 19 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2028), or a 

25 nutrition assistance program carried out by the 


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1 Secretary of Agriculture in the Northern Mar2 iana Islands; 

3 ‘‘(B) the supplemental security income pro4 gram under title XVI of the Social Security Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 

6 ‘‘(C) the program of block grants to States 

7 for temporary assistance for needy families 

8 under part A of title IV of the Social Security 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

10 ‘‘(D) the special supplemental nutrition 

11 program for women, infants, and children es12 tablished by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 

13 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); 

14 ‘‘(E) the Medicaid program under title 

15 XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 

16 et seq.); 

17 ‘‘(F) Federal housing assistance programs, 

18 including tenant-based assistance under section 

19 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

20 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), and public housing, as 

21 defined in section 3(b)(1) of such Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(1)); 

23 ‘‘(G) Federal child care assistance pro24 grams, including assistance under the Child 


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1 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

2 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.); 

3 ‘‘(H) the free and reduced price school 

4 lunch program established under the Richard 

5 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 

7 ‘‘(I) refundable credit for coverage under a 

8 qualified health plan under section 36B of the 

9 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

10 ‘‘(J) the earned income tax credit under 

11 section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

12 1986; 

13 ‘‘(K) the child tax credit under section 24 

14 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 

15 ‘‘(L) any other means-tested Federal pro16 gram determined by the Secretary to be appro17 priate; 

18 ‘‘(14) contain an abstract summarizing the con19 tents of such application and how the institution in20 tends to achieve the purpose under subsection (a); 

21 ‘‘(15) contain a plan for any child care program 

22 assisted under this section to, not later than 3 years 

23 after the date the institution first receives assistance 

24 under this section— 


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1 ‘‘(A) meet standards that are equivalent to 

2 Head Start program performance standards de3 scribed in section 641A(a)(1)(B) of the Head 

4 Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a(a)(1)(B)) or other 

5 equivalent evidence-based standards approved 

6 by the Secretary; 

7 ‘‘(B) be in the top tier of the quality rating 

8 improvement system for such facilities used by 

9 the State in which the facility is located; or 

10 ‘‘(C) be accredited by a national early 

11 childhood accrediting body with demonstrated 

12 valid and reliable program quality standards; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(16) contain an assurance that the institution 

15 will comply with the prohibitions described in sub16 section (c)(3). 

17 ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 

18 provide technical assistance— 

19 ‘‘(1) to eligible institutions to help such institu20 tions qualify for, apply for, and maintain a grant 

21 under this section; and 

22 ‘‘(2) to institutions receiving grants under this 

23 section to help such institutions meet the reporting 

24 requirements described in subsection (g). 

25 ‘‘(f) PRIORITY.— 


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

2 priority in awarding grants under this section to eli3 gible institutions that submit applications describing 

4 programs that— 

5 ‘‘(A) leverage local or institutional re6 sources, including in-kind contributions, to sup7 port the activities assisted under this section; 

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

9 care services provided under this section in 

10 order to support a high number of eligible stu11 dent parents pursuing postsecondary education 

12 at the institution; and 

13 ‘‘(C) provide additional resources or sup14 ports to students who are single parents. 

15 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not es16 tablish a priority in awarding grants under this sec17 tion to eligible institutions that— 

18 ‘‘(A) propose projects solely with off-cam19 pus child care providers; or 

20 ‘‘(B) that are designed to support 2 or 

21 more child care providers. 

22 ‘‘(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; CONTINUING ELI23 GIBILITY.— 

24 ‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Each eligi25 ble institution receiving a grant under this section 


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1 shall report to the Secretary annually information 

2 on— 

3 ‘‘(A) the population of eligible student par4 ents who received child care services under this 

5 section, including— 

6 ‘‘(i) the number of such eligible stu7 dent parents, disaggregated by full- and 

8 part-time status; 

9 ‘‘(ii) information on such eligible stu10 dent parents, including demographic infor11 mation disaggregated by— 

12 ‘‘(I) sex; 

13 ‘‘(II) status as a single parent; 

14 ‘‘(III) race and ethnicity; 

15 ‘‘(IV) age groups of the depend16 ents of such student parents; 

17 ‘‘(V) classification as a student 

18 with a disability; 

19 ‘‘(VI) recipients of educational 

20 assistance under laws administered by 

21 the Secretary of Defense or the Sec22 retary of Veterans Affairs; 

23 ‘‘(VII) status as a first-genera24 tion college student; and 


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1 ‘‘(VIII) levels of degree or cre2 dential pursued by such eligible stu3 dent parents; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) the number of such eligible stu5 dent parents who— 

6 ‘‘(I) remain enrolled at the insti7 tution during the academic year for 

8 which they received such services; 

9 ‘‘(II) remain enrolled at the insti10 tution during the subsequent aca11 demic year after which they first re12 ceived such services; 

13 ‘‘(III) graduate from the institu14 tion during the academic year for 

15 which they received such services; 

16 ‘‘(IV) transfer to a different in17 stitution during the academic year for 

18 which they received such services; or 

19 ‘‘(V) withdrew from the institu20 tion during the academic year for 

21 which they received such services; 

22 ‘‘(B) the fee structure for eligible student 

23 parents to receive child care services under this 

24 section, including any sliding scale; 


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1 ‘‘(C) the percentage of the institution’s 

2 grant that was used directly to subsidize any 

3 fees charged for— 

4 ‘‘(i) campus-based child care services 

5 for eligible student parents; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) off-campus child care services for 

7 eligible student parents; 

8 ‘‘(D) information on institutional or local 

9 resources, including in-kind contributions, lever10 aged to help eligible student parents access 

11 child care services; and 

12 ‘‘(E) the relevant quality information of 

13 the child care services supported by a grant 

14 under this section, including— 

15 ‘‘(i) the name of the accrediting agen16 cy or association that is providing accredi17 tation to such child care services, if appli18 cable; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the tier or level of the State 

20 tiered and transparent system for meas21 uring the quality of child care providers 

22 that is associated with such child care 

23 services, if applicable. 

24 ‘‘(2) REPORT.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) REPORT REQUIRED.—On an annual 

2 basis, the Secretary shall make publicly avail3 able a report that includes a summary of the 

4 information described in paragraph (1). 

5 ‘‘(B) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION.—The 

6 Secretary shall work with relevant stakeholders 

7 to determine the manner in which the data de8 scribed under paragraph (1) and summarized 

9 under subparagraph (A) is collected. 

10 ‘‘(h) NONDISCRIMINATION.—No person in the United 

11 States shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, 

12 religion, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, 

13 gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition 

14 related to pregnancy or childbirth, or sex stereotype), or 

15 disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the 

16 benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination by any pro17 gram funded, in whole or in part, with funds made avail18 able under this section or with amounts appropriated for 

19 grants, contracts, or certificates administered with such 

20 funds. 

21 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

23 $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 

24 2030.’’. 

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