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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1966 

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 

NOVEMBER 7, 2005 

Mrs. DOLE 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 2005’’. 

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 5. 

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 7 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 5. 

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. USE OF FUNDS. 

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

19 education that receives a grant under this Act shall use 

20 grant funds to establish (or maintain) and operate a preg21 nant and parenting student services office, located on the 

22 campus of the eligible institution, that carries out the fol23 lowing programs and activities: 

24 (1) Hosts an initial pregnancy and parenting 

25 resource forum— 
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1 (A) to assess available pregnancy and par2 enting resources located on the campus or with3 in the local community; and 

4 (B) to set goals for— 

5 (i) improved services for pregnant, 

6 parenting, and prospective parenting stu7 dents; and 

8 (ii) improved access to such services. 

9 (2) Annually assesses the performance of the el10 igible institution and the office in meeting the fol11 lowing needs of students enrolled in the eligible in12 stitution who are pregnant or are parents: 

13 (A) Student health care that includes ma14 ternity coverage and makes available riders for 

15 additional family members. 

16 (B) Family housing. 

17 (C) Child care. 

18 (D) Flexible or alternative academic sched19 uling, such as telecommuting programs. 

20 (E) Education concerning responsible par21 enting for mothers and fathers, and education 

22 supporting healthy marriages. 

23 (F) Resources for pregnant women and 

24 children, such as maternity and baby clothing, 
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1 baby food (including formula), and baby fur2 niture. 

3 (G) Post-partum counseling and support 

4 groups. 

5 (3) Identifies public and private service pro6 viders, located on the campus of the eligible institu7 tion or within the local community, that are quali8 fied to meet the needs described in paragraph (2), 

9 and establishes programs with qualified providers to 

10 meet such needs. 

11 (4) Assists pregnant and parenting students in 

12 locating and obtaining services that meet the needs 

13 described in paragraph (2). 

14 (5) If appropriate, provides referrals for pre15 natal care and delivery, infant or foster care, or 

16 adoption, to a student who requests such informa17 tion. An office shall make such referrals only to 

18 service providers that primarily serve the following 

19 types of individuals: 

20 (A) Parents. 

21 (B) Prospective parents awaiting adoption. 

22 (C) Women who are pregnant and plan on 

23 parenting or placing the child for adoption. 

24 (D) Parenting or prospective parenting 

25 couples who are married or who plan on 
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1 marrying in order to provide a supportive envi2 ronment for each other and their child. 

3 (b) EXPANDED SERVICES.—In carrying out the pro4 grams and activities described in subsection (a), an eligible 

5 institution of higher education receiving a grant under this 

6 Act may choose to provide access to such programs and 

7 activities to a pregnant or parenting employee of the eligi8 ble institution. 

9 SEC. 6. REPORTING. 

10 (a) ANNUAL REPORT BY INSTITUTIONS.— 

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

12 eligible institution of higher education receives a 

13 grant under this Act, the eligible institution shall 

14 prepare and submit to the Secretary, by the date de15 termined by the Secretary, a report that— 

16 (A) itemizes the pregnant and parenting 

17 student services office’s expenditures for the fis18 cal year; 

19 (B) contains a review and evaluation of the 

20 performance of the office in fulfilling the re21 quirements of this Act, using the specific per22 formance criteria or standards established 

23 under paragraph (2)(A); and 

24 (C) describes the achievement of the office 

25 in meeting the needs listed in section 5(a)(2) of 
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1 the students served by the eligible institution, 

2 and the frequency of use of the office by such 

3 students. 

4 (2) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.—Not later than 

5 180 days before the date the annual report described 

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

7 (A) shall identify the specific performance 

8 criteria or standards that shall be used to pre9 pare the report; and 

10 (B) may establish the form or format of 

11 the report. 

12 (3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—After review13 ing an annual report of an eligible institution of 

14 higher education, the Secretary may require that the 

15 eligible institution provide additional information if 

16 the Secretary determines that such additional infor17 mation is necessary to evaluate the pilot program. 

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

19 annually prepare and submit a report on the findings of 

20 the pilot program under this Act, including the number 

21 of eligible institutions of higher education that were 

22 awarded grants and the number of students served by 

23 each pregnant and parenting services office receiving 

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

25 Senate and the House of Representatives. 
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1 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this Act $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 

4 through 2010. 

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