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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1088 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2007 

Ms. KAPTUR (for herself and Mrs. MYRICK) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

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. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) pregnant college students should not have 

8 to make a choice between keeping their baby and 

9 staying in school; 

10 (2) the pilot program under this Act will help 

11 interested, eligible institutions of higher education 

12 establish pregnancy and parenting student services 

13 offices that will operate independent of Federal 

14 funding no later than 5 years after the date of the 

15 enactment of this Act; and 

16 (3) amounts appropriated to carry out other 

17 Federal programs should be reduced to offset the 

18 costs of this Act. 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU22 CATION.—The term ‘‘eligible institution of higher 

23 education’’ means an institution of higher education 

24 (as such term is defined in section 101 of the High25 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that 

26 has established and operates, or agrees to establish 

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1 and operate upon the receipt of a grant under this 

2 Act, a pregnant and parenting student services office 

3 described in section 7. 

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

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

6 of a minor. 

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

8 the Secretary of Education. 

9 SEC. 4. PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENT SERVICES 

10 PILOT PROGRAM. 

11 From amounts appropriated under section 9 for a fis12 cal year, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program to 

13 award grants to eligible institutions of higher education 

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

15 and operate pregnant and parenting student services of16 fices in accordance with section 7. 

17 SEC. 5. APPLICATION; NUMBER OF GRANTS. 

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

19 education that desires to receive a grant under this Act 

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

21 in such manner, and containing such information as the 

22 Secretary may require 

23 (b) REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— 

24 The Secretary may require an eligible institution submit25 ting an application under subsection (a) to provide addimstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 tional information if the Secretary determines such infor2 mation is necessary to process the application. 

3 (c) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—Subject to the availability 

4 of appropriations under section 9, the Secretary shall 

5 award grants under this Act to no more than 200 eligible 

6 institutions. 

7 SEC. 6. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 

8 An eligible institution of higher education that re9 ceives a grant under this Act shall contribute to the con10 duct of the pregnant and parenting student services office 

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

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

13 may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including serv14 ices, facilities, supplies, or equipment. 

15 SEC. 7. USE OF FUNDS. 

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

17 education that receives a grant under this Act shall use 

18 grant funds to establish (or maintain) and operate a preg19 nant and parenting student services office, located on the 

20 campus of the eligible institution, that carries out the fol21 lowing programs and activities: 

22 (1) Hosts an initial pregnancy and parenting 

23 resource forum— 

24 (A) to assess pregnancy and parenting re25 sources, located on the campus or within the 

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1 local community, that are available to meet the 

2 needs described in paragraph (2); and 

3 (B) to set goals for— 

4 (i) improving such resources for preg5 nant, parenting, and prospective parenting 

6 students; and 

7 (ii) improving access to such re8 sources. 

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) The inclusion of maternity coverage 

14 and the availability of riders for additional fam15 ily members in student health care. 

16 (B) Family housing. 

17 (C) Child care. 

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

20 (E) Education to improve parenting skills 

21 for mothers and fathers and to strengthen mar22 riages. 

23 (F) Resources to assist parents and pro24 spective parents in meeting the material needs 

25 of their children. 

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1 (G) Post-partum counseling and support 

2 groups. 

3 (3) Identifies public and private service pro4 viders, located on the campus of the eligible institu5 tion or within the local community, that are quali6 fied to meet the needs described in paragraph (2), 

7 and establishes programs with qualified providers to 

8 meet such needs. 

9 (4) Assists pregnant and parenting students 

10 and their spouses in locating and obtaining services 

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

12 (5) If appropriate, provides referrals for pre13 natal care and delivery, infant or foster care, or 

14 adoption, to a student who requests such informa15 tion. An office shall make such referrals only to 

16 service providers that primarily serve the following 

17 types of individuals: 

18 (A) Parents. 

19 (B) Prospective parents awaiting adoption. 

20 (C) Women who are pregnant and plan on 

21 parenting or placing the child for adoption. 

22 (D) Parenting or prospective parenting 

23 couples who are married or who plan on 

24 marrying in order to provide a supportive envi25 ronment for each other and their child. 

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1 (b) EXPANDED SERVICES.—In carrying out the pro2 grams and activities described in subsection (a), an eligible 

3 institution of higher education receiving a grant under this 

4 Act may choose to provide access to such programs and 

5 activities to a pregnant or parenting employee of the eligi6 ble institution, and the employee’s spouse. 

7 SEC. 8. REPORTING. 

8 (a) ANNUAL REPORT BY INSTITUTIONS.— 

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

10 eligible institution of higher education receives a 

11 grant under this Act, the eligible institution shall 

12 prepare and submit to the Secretary, by the date de13 termined by the Secretary, a report that— 

14 (A) itemizes the pregnant and parenting 

15 student services office’s expenditures for the fis16 cal year; 

17 (B) contains a review and evaluation of the 

18 performance of the office in fulfilling the re19 quirements of this Act, using the specific per20 formance criteria or standards established 

21 under paragraph (2)(A); and 

22 (C) describes the achievement of the office 

23 in meeting the needs listed in section 7(a)(2) of 

24 the students served by the eligible institution, 

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1 and the frequency of use of the office by such 

2 students. 

3 (2) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.—Not later than 

4 180 days before the date the annual report described 

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

6 (A) shall identify the specific performance 

7 criteria or standards that shall be used to pre8 pare the report; and 

9 (B) may establish the form or format of 

10 the report. 

11 (3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—After review12 ing an annual report of an eligible institution of 

13 higher education, the Secretary may require that the 

14 eligible institution provide additional information if 

15 the Secretary determines that such additional infor16 mation is necessary to evaluate the pilot program. 

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

18 annually prepare and submit a report on the findings of 

19 the pilot program under this Act, including the number 

20 of eligible institutions of higher education that were 

21 awarded grants and the number of students served by 

22 each pregnant and parenting student services office receiv23 ing funds under this Act, to the appropriate committees 

24 of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

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1 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this Act no more than $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

4 years 2008 through 2012. 

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