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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2625 

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 

AUGUST 5, 2021 

Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. WARREN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. 

CASEY, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. 

SMITH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. WYDEN) 

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 subsidized child 

6 care services, 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 AND SUPPLEMENTAL

13 AWARDS.— 

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

15 under this section shall be awarded in an 

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

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

18 under this section shall be awarded in an 

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

20 year. 

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

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

23 award a grant under this section for a period 

24 of 5 years. 


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

2 (g)(2), the Secretary shall make annual grant 

3 payments under this section. 

4 ‘‘(C) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.—The Sec5 retary may consider applications from an eligi6 ble institution that receives grant funds under 

7 this section for additional funds in any subse8 quent fiscal year, if such institution dem9 onstrates the need for such additional funds, 

10 subject to the maximum grant amount under 

11 paragraph (2)(B) and the duration of the origi12 nal grant under subparagraph (A). 

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

14 In this section, the term ‘eligible institution’ 

15 means— 

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

17 defined in section 101, with respect to which, 

18 the total number of students eligible for a Fed19 eral Pell Grant enrolled at the institution of 

20 higher education in the most recently completed 

21 award year was equal to or greater than 150; 

22 or 

23 ‘‘(B) a consortia of institutions of higher 

24 education, each as defined in section 101, and 

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1 dents eligible for a Federal Pell Grant enrolled 

2 at each institution of higher education in such 

3 consortia in the most recently completed award 

4 year was equal to or greater than 150. 

5 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution re7 ceiving a grant under this section shall use such 

8 grant funds to support accessible high-quality child 

9 care services for eligible student parents enrolled at 

10 such institution by carrying out 1 or more of the fol11 lowing activities: 

12 ‘‘(A) Establishing a campus-based child 

13 care program primarily serving the needs of eli14 gible student parents enrolled at the institution 

15 of higher education. 

16 ‘‘(B) Providing subsidized child care using 

17 a sliding fee scale for eligible student parents. 

18 ‘‘(C) Providing subsidized and accessible 

19 before and after school services for children of 

20 eligible student parents. 

21 ‘‘(2) PERMITTED USES.—In addition to the re22 quired activities described in paragraph (1), an eligi23 ble institution receiving a grant under this section 

24 may use such grant fund to carry out 1 or more of 

25 the following activities: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Providing support services for eligible 

2 student parents. 

3 ‘‘(B) Enhancing the quality of campus4 based child care services, including through im5 provements to— 

6 ‘‘(i) move to the next tier or level of 

7 the State tiered and transparent system 

8 for measuring the quality of child care pro9 viders; 

10 ‘‘(ii) implement the training and pro11 fessional development required for child 

12 care providers of the campus-based child 

13 care services under section 658E(c)(2)(G) 

14 of the Child Care and Development Block 

15 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

16 9858c(c)(2)(G)) in the State in which the 

17 institution is located; or 

18 ‘‘(iii) implement quality improvements 

19 toward achieving accreditation from an ac20 crediting agency or association recognized 

21 by the Secretary pursuant to part H of 

22 title IV. 

23 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—Funds under this section 

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1 tion or repair to meet applicable State or local 

2 health or safety requirements. 

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

4 this section shall be construed to— 

5 ‘‘(A) prohibit an institution of higher edu6 cation that receives grant funds under this sec7 tion from serving the child care needs of the 

8 community served by such institution; or 

9 ‘‘(B) permit the application of additional 

10 eligibility requirements for eligible student par11 ents to participate in or receive child care serv12 ices provided through a program using grant 

13 funds under this section beyond the require14 ments described in paragraph (5), including any 

15 additional requirements related to work, aca16 demic progress, or enrollment intensity. 

17 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE STUDENT PAR18 ENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 and for the purpose of this section, the term ‘eligible 

20 student parent’ means a student— 

21 ‘‘(A) who is the parent or guardian of 1 or 

22 more dependent child; 

23 ‘‘(B) who is enrolled in an institution of 

24 higher education; and 

25 ‘‘(C) who— 


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

2 Pell Grant for the award year for which 

3 the determination is made; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) who meets the financial eligibility 

5 criteria for receiving a Federal Pell Grant 

6 under section 401 but is not eligible for a 

7 Federal Pell Grant because— 

8 ‘‘(I) the student has not com9 pleted the Free Application for Fed10 eral Student Aid described in section 

11 483; 

12 ‘‘(II) the student does not meet 

13 the eligibility requirements of section 

14 484; or 

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

16 graduate or first professional course 

17 of study. 

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

19 the availability of grants under this section, in addi20 tion to publication in the Federal Register, and shall 

21 inform appropriate educational, nonprofit, and child 

22 care organizations of such availability. 

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

24 to eligible student parents from grants provided 


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1 under this section shall not be treated as other fi2 nancial assistance for the purposes of section 471. 

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

4 a grant under this section shall submit an application to 

5 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom6 panied by such information as the Secretary may require. 

7 Such application shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) demonstrate that the institution is an eligi9 ble institution described in subsection (b)(4); 

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

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

12 parents at the institution for accessible and afford13 able child care services by including in the applica14 tion— 

15 ‘‘(A) information regarding student demo16 graphics; 

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

18 on or near campus; 

19 ‘‘(C) information regarding the existence of 

20 waiting lists for child care services on or near 

21 campus; 

22 ‘‘(D) information regarding additional 

23 needs created by concentrations of poverty or 

24 by geographic isolation; and 

25 ‘‘(E) other relevant data; 


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

2 assisted, including whether the grant funds will sup3 port an existing child care program or a new child 

4 care program; 

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

6 expertise and financial support, the institution will 

7 draw upon to support the child care program and 

8 the participation of eligible student parents in the 

9 program (such as accessing social services funding, 

10 using student activity fees to help pay the costs of 

11 child care, using resources obtained by meeting the 

12 needs of parents who are not eligible student par13 ents, and accessing foundation, corporate, or other 

14 institutional support) and demonstrate that the use 

15 of the resources will not result in increases in stu16 dent tuition and fees; 

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

18 will meet the child care needs of eligible student par19 ents through the provision of services, or through a 

20 contract for the provision of services; 

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

22 program will coordinate with the institution’s early 

23 childhood education curriculum, to the extent the 

24 curriculum is available, to meet the needs of the stu25 dents in the early childhood education program at 


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1 the institution, and the needs of the parents and 

2 children participating in the child care program as3 sisted under this section; 

4 ‘‘(8) in the case of an institution seeking assist5 ance for a new child care program— 

6 ‘‘(A) provide a timeline, covering the pe7 riod from receipt of the grant through the pro8 vision of the child care services, delineating the 

9 specific steps the institution will take to achieve 

10 the goal of providing eligible student parents 

11 with child care services; 

12 ‘‘(B) specify any measures the institution 

13 will take to assist eligible student parents with 

14 child care during the period before the institu15 tion provides child care services; 

16 ‘‘(C) include a plan for identifying re17 sources needed for the child care services, in18 cluding space in which to provide child care 

19 services, and technical assistance if necessary; 

20 and 

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

22 campus-based child care facilities; 

23 ‘‘(9) in the case of an institution seeking assist24 ance for a campus-based child care program in exist25 ence on the date of the application— 


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1 ‘‘(A) provide information regarding the 

2 number of eligible student parents served 

3 through campus-based child care on such date; 

4 ‘‘(B) provide information on the age 

5 groups of children to be served; 

6 ‘‘(C) specify any measures the institution 

7 will take to assist eligible student parents who 

8 are waitlisted for the campus-based child care 

9 program; 

10 ‘‘(D) provide information regarding the ap11 plication of subsidies or a sliding fee scale for 

12 child care services; 

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

14 supported by funding under this section, and 

15 how those staff positions support the purpose 

16 under subsection (a); 

17 ‘‘(F) provide information on the total num18 ber of children served by the campus-based 

19 child care program, and number of children of 

20 students served; and 

21 ‘‘(G) specify if funding will be used to en22 hance program quality as described in sub23 section (c)(2)(B); 


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1 ‘‘(10) in the case of an institution seeking as2 sistance that will contract for the provision of child 

3 care services— 

4 ‘‘(A) provide information on the age 

5 groups of children to be served; 

6 ‘‘(B) provide information regarding the ap7 plication of subsidies or a sliding fee scale for 

8 child care services; and 

9 ‘‘(C) provide information regarding param10 eters the institution will use in selecting child 

11 care providers in contracting for the provision 

12 of services, including— 

13 ‘‘(i) assessment of program quality; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(ii) geographic location; 

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

17 facility assisted under this section will meet the ap18 plicable State and local government licensing, certifi19 cation, approval, or registration requirements; 

20 ‘‘(12) describe how information regarding the 

21 availability of subsidized child care will be provided 

22 to students; 

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

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1 eral, State, Tribal, or local means-tested benefits 

2 programs for which they may be eligible, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) the supplemental nutrition assistance 

4 program established under the Food and Nutri5 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), a nu6 trition assistance program carried out under 

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

8 nutrition assistance program carried out by the 

9 Secretary of Agriculture in the Northern Mar10 iana Islands; 

11 ‘‘(B) the supplemental security income pro12 gram under title XVI of the Social Security Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 

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

15 for temporary assistance for needy families 

16 under part A of title IV of the Social Security 

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

18 ‘‘(D) the special supplemental nutrition 

19 program for women, infants, and children es20 tablished by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 

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

22 ‘‘(E) the Medicaid program under title 

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

24 et seq.); 


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1 ‘‘(F) Federal housing assistance programs, 

2 including tenant-based assistance under section 

3 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), and public housing, as 

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

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

7 ‘‘(G) Federal child care assistance pro8 grams, including assistance under the Child 

9 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

10 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.); 

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

12 lunch program established under the Richard 

13 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

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

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

16 qualified health plan under section 36B of the 

17 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

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

19 section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

20 1986; 

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

22 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 

23 ‘‘(L) any other means-tested Federal pro24 gram determined by the Secretary to be appro25 priate; 


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1 ‘‘(14) contain an abstract summarizing the con2 tents of such application and how the institution in3 tends to achieve the purpose under subsection (a); 

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

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

6 after the date the institution first receives assistance 

7 under this section— 

8 ‘‘(A) attain accreditation from an accred9 iting agency or association that provides accred10 itation to child care services; or 

11 ‘‘(B) move to the top tier or level of the 

12 State tiered and transparent system for meas13 uring the quality of child care providers that 

14 meets a similar level of quality standards as ac15 creditation of an accrediting agency or associa16 tion that provides accreditation to child care 

17 services; and 

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

19 will not impose additional eligibility requirements on 

20 eligible student parents to participate in or receive 

21 child care services provided under this section be22 yond the requirement of subsection (c)(5), including 

23 any requirements related to work, academic 

24 progress, or enrollment intensity. 


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

2 provide technical assistance— 

3 ‘‘(1) to eligible institutions to help such institu4 tions qualify for, apply for, and maintain a grant 

5 under this section; and 

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

7 section to help such institutions meet the reporting 

8 requirements described in subsection (g). 

9 ‘‘(f) PRIORITY.— 

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

11 priority in awarding grants under this section to eli12 gible institutions that submit applications describing 

13 programs that— 

14 ‘‘(A) leverage local or institutional re15 sources, including in-kind contributions, to sup16 port the activities assisted under this section; 

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

18 care services provided under this section in 

19 order to support a high number of eligible stu20 dent parents pursuing postsecondary education 

21 at the institution; and 

22 ‘‘(C) provide additional resources or sup23 ports to students who are single parents. 


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1 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not es2 tablish a priority in awarding grants under this sec3 tion to eligible institutions that— 

4 ‘‘(A) propose projects solely with off-cam5 pus child care providers; or 

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

7 more child care providers. 

8 ‘‘(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; CONTINUING ELI9 GIBILITY.— 

10 ‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Each eligi11 ble institution receiving a grant under this section 

12 shall report to the Secretary annually information 

13 on— 

14 ‘‘(A) the population of eligible student par15 ents who received child care services under this 

16 section, including— 

17 ‘‘(i) the number of such eligible stu18 dent parents, disaggregated by full- and 

19 part-time status; 

20 ‘‘(ii) information on such eligible stu21 dent parents, including demographic infor22 mation disaggregated by— 

23 ‘‘(I) sex; 

24 ‘‘(II) status as a single parent; 

25 ‘‘(III) race and ethnicity; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) age groups of the depend2 ents of such single parents; 

3 ‘‘(V) classification as a student 

4 with a disability; 

5 ‘‘(VI) recipients of educational 

6 assistance under laws administered by 

7 the Secretary of Defense or the Sec8 retary of Veterans Affairs; 

9 ‘‘(VII) status as a first-genera10 tion college student; and 

11 ‘‘(VIII) levels of degree or cre12 dential pursued by such eligible stu13 dent parents; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) the number of such eligible stu15 dent parents who— 

16 ‘‘(I) remain enrolled at the insti17 tution during the academic year for 

18 which they received such services; 

19 ‘‘(II) remain enrolled at the insti20 tution during the subsequent aca21 demic year after which they first re22 ceived such services; 

23 ‘‘(III) graduate from the institu24 tion during the academic year for 

25 which they received such services; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) transfer to a different in2 stitution during the academic year for 

3 which they received such services; or 

4 ‘‘(V) withdrew from the institu5 tion during the academic year for 

6 which they received such services; 

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

8 parents to receive child care services under this 

9 section, including any sliding scale; 

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

11 grant that was used directly to subsidize any 

12 fees charged for— 

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

14 for eligible student parents; and 

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

16 eligible student parents; 

17 ‘‘(D) information on institutional or local 

18 resources, including in-kind contributions, lever19 aged to help eligible student parents access 

20 child care services; and 

21 ‘‘(E) the relevant quality information of 

22 the child care services supported by a grant 

23 under this section, including— 

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1 tation to such child care services, if appli2 cable; and 

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

4 tiered and transparent system for meas5 uring the quality of child care providers 

6 that is associated with such child care 

7 services, if applicable. 

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

9 shall make continuation awards under this section to 

10 an institution of higher education only if the Sec11 retary determines, on the basis of the reports sub12 mitted under paragraph (1), that the institution is 

13 making a good faith effort to ensure that eligible 

14 student parents at the institution have access to af15 fordable, quality child care services. 

16 ‘‘(3) REPORT.— 

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

18 basis, the Secretary shall make publicly avail19 able a report that includes a summary of the 

20 information described in paragraph (1). 

21 ‘‘(B) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION.—The 

22 Secretary shall work with relevant stakeholders 

23 to determine the manner in which the data de24 scribed under paragraph (1) and summarized 

25 under subparagraph (A) is collected. 


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

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

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

4 gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition 

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

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

7 benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination by any pro8 gram funded, in whole or in part, with funds made avail9 able under this section or with amounts appropriated for 

10 grants, contracts, or certificates administered with such 

11 funds. 

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

13 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

14 $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding 

15 fiscal year.’’. 

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