I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8050 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to support and strengthen 
outcomes for student parents through the provision of child care services, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2024 
Mr. MORAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to support 
and strengthen outcomes for student parents through 
the provision of child care services, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Parents 
in Education Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN SCHOOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 419N of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070e) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 419N. CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN 
SCHOOL. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 
support the participation and strengthen outcomes of eligi-
ble student parents in postsecondary education through 
the provision of child care services. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may award 
grants to eligible entities to assist such entities in 
providing child care services to eligible student par-
ents. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) MINIMUM
GRANT
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a grant awarded to an eligible entity 
under this section for a fiscal year shall be not 
less than $75,000. 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM
GRANT
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a grant awarded to an eligible entity 
under this section for a fiscal year shall not ex-
ceed— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an eligible entity 
that is an individual institution of higher 
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education, 3 percent of the total amount of 
all Federal Pell Grant funds awarded to 
students enrolled at the institution for the 
preceding fiscal year; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible entity 
that is a consortium of institutions of high-
er education, 3 percent of the total amount 
of all Federal Pell Grant funds awarded to 
students enrolled at all institutions in such 
consortium for the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) 
EXCEPTION.—If 
the 
maximum 
amount of a grant calculated under subpara-
graph (B) for an eligible entity is less the min-
imum amount specified in subparagraph (A), 
the eligible entity shall be awarded a grant of 
$75,000. 
‘‘(3) DURATION; RENEWAL; AND PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DURATION.—The Secretary shall 
award a grant under this section for a period 
of 4 years. 
‘‘(B) PAYMENTS.—Subject to subsection 
(e)(2), the Secretary shall make annual grant 
payments under this section. 
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‘‘(G) information on the types and average 
amounts of non-Federal aid given to eligible 
student parents; and 
‘‘(H) other relevant data; 
‘‘(5) contain a description of the activities to be 
funded with the grant, including whether the grant 
funds will support an existing child care program or 
a new child care program; 
‘‘(6) identify the resources, including non-Fed-
eral resources, technical expertise, and community 
support, the entity will draw upon to support eligible 
student parents in accessing child care services, and 
provide an assurance that the expenditure of such 
resources will not result in compensatory increases 
in student tuition; 
‘‘(7) contain an assurance that the entity will 
meet the child care needs of eligible student parents 
through the provision of services, or through a con-
tract for the provision of services; 
‘‘(8) identify each program of study in the field 
of early childhood education offered by the eligible 
entity and the CIP code assigned to such program; 
‘‘(9) describe how the child care services sup-
ported with a grant under this section may be inte-
grated with the programs of study identified under 
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paragraph (8), including a description of whether 
and to what extent students enrolled in such pro-
grams may receive academic or other credit toward 
graduation requirements in conjunction with pro-
viding such services; 
‘‘(10) in the case of an eligible entity seeking 
assistance for a new child care program or a new 
contract for the provision of child care services— 
‘‘(A) provide a timeline, covering the pe-
riod from receipt of the grant through the pro-
vision of the child care services, delineating the 
specific steps the entity will take to achieve the 
goal of providing eligible student parents with 
child care services; 
‘‘(B) specify any measures the entity will 
take to assist eligible student parents with child 
care during the period before the entity pro-
vides child care services; and 
‘‘(C) include a plan for identifying the re-
sources needed for the child care services sup-
ported by the grant, including— 
‘‘(i) space in which to provide such 
services; and 
‘‘(ii) any technical assistance that may 
be required; 
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‘‘(11) include a certification that there are in 
effect within the State, under State or local law, re-
quirements designed to protect the health and safety 
of children that are applicable to child care providers 
that provide services for which assistance is made 
available under this section; 
‘‘(12) contain an assurance that any child care 
facility assisted under this section will meet the ap-
plicable State or local government licensing, certifi-
cation, approval, provisional status, or registration 
requirements prior to serving children and families; 
‘‘(13) describe how information regarding the 
availability of child care services will be provided to 
eligible student parents; and 
‘‘(14) contain an abstract summarizing the con-
tents of such application together with an expla-
nation of how the entity intends to achieve the pur-
pose described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall give 
priority in awarding grants under this section to eli-
gible entities that submit applications describing 
programs for eligible student parents to access child 
care services that— 
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‘‘(A) include efforts to leverage significant 
non-Federal, local, or institutional resources, in-
cluding in-kind contributions, to support the ac-
tivities assisted under this section; 
‘‘(B) utilize a sliding fee scale for child 
care services provided under this section in 
order to maximize the number of eligible stu-
dent parents served; 
‘‘(C) coordinate with other community pro-
grams, as appropriate, to improve the quality of 
child care services and limit the cost of such 
services; 
‘‘(D) include efforts to improve the comple-
tion rates and value-added earnings of eligible 
student parents and plans to evaluate the effec-
tiveness of such efforts; 
‘‘(E) include efforts by the eligible entity— 
‘‘(i) to reduce the direct costs charged 
to eligible student parents; and 
‘‘(ii) to increase the amount of non- 
Federal aid given to eligible student par-
ents; and 
‘‘(F) are integrated with programs of 
study in early childhood education identified 
under subsection (c)(8), including by allowing 
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students enrolled in such programs to receive 
academic or other credit toward graduation re-
quirements in conjunction with providing such 
services as described in subsection (c)(9). 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may provide technical assistance to eligible entities 
to help such entities qualify for, apply for, and main-
tain a grant under this section. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; CONTINUING ELI-
GIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) REPORTS.—Each eligible entity re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall report 
to the Secretary annually. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each report under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) data on the population served by 
the child care program supported with a 
grant under this section, including— 
‘‘(I) the total number of children 
served by the program and the age 
ranges of such children; and 
‘‘(II) the total number of eligible 
student parents served by the pro-
gram; 
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‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible entity 
that is an institution of higher education, 
the number of such eligible student parents 
served by such program— 
‘‘(I) who are attending an insti-
tution on a full-time basis; 
‘‘(II) who are attending an insti-
tution on a part-time basis; 
‘‘(III) who remain enrolled at an 
institution during the academic year 
for which such student parents re-
ceived child care services supported 
under this section; 
‘‘(IV) who remain enrolled at an 
institution during the academic year 
following the academic year in which 
such student parents first received 
such services; 
‘‘(V) who graduate from an insti-
tution during the academic year for 
which such student parents received 
such services; 
‘‘(VI) who transfer to a different 
institution during the academic year 
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for which such student parents re-
ceived such services; and 
‘‘(VII) who withdraw from an in-
stitution during the academic year for 
which such student parents received 
such services; 
‘‘(iii) in the case of an eligible entity 
that is a consortium of institutions of high-
er education, each category of information 
described in clause (ii) stated separately 
for the consortium as a whole and for each 
institution in the consortium; 
‘‘(iv) information on the eligibility of 
eligible student parents for Federal Pell 
Grants (as described subsection (g)(6)(C)), 
including the average amount of Federal 
Pell Grants received by such student par-
ents; 
‘‘(v) the marital status of eligible stu-
dent parents; 
‘‘(vi) the average completion rate of 
eligible student parents; 
‘‘(vii) information on sources of cam-
pus and community resources available to 
eligible student parents and the amount of 
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non-Federal funding used by such parents 
to access child care services; 
‘‘(viii) the fee structure for eligible 
student parents to receive child care serv-
ices supported under this section, including 
a description of any sliding scale used to 
determine such fees; 
‘‘(ix) the percentage of the grant 
funds received by the entity that was used 
directly to subsidize any fees charged for— 
‘‘(I) campus-based child care 
services for eligible student parents; 
and 
‘‘(II) off-campus child care serv-
ices for eligible student parents; 
‘‘(x) documentation that the child care 
services supported by the grant meet li-
censing, certification, approval, and reg-
istration requirements, as applicable; and 
‘‘(xi) a description of how grant funds 
received under this section were used to 
pursue the goals of the entity as set forth 
in the application submitted by the entity 
under subsection (c). 
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‘‘(C) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—On an an-
nual basis, the Secretary shall publish the re-
ports received under subparagraph (A) on a 
publicly accessible website of the Department of 
Education. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary 
shall make continuation awards under this section to 
an eligible entity only if the Secretary determines, on 
the basis of the reports submitted under paragraph 
(1), that the entity is— 
‘‘(A) using funds only for authorized pur-
poses; 
‘‘(B) providing eligible student parents 
served by the entity with priority access to af-
fordable, quality child care services, as provided 
under this section; 
‘‘(C) implementing practices that, to the 
maximum extent practicable— 
‘‘(i) improve the completion rates and 
value-added earnings of eligible student 
parents; and 
‘‘(ii) reduce the direct costs charged 
to eligible student parents; and 
‘‘(D) documenting a continued need for 
Federal funding under this section, while dem-
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onstrating how non-Federal sources will be le-
veraged to support a continuation award. 
‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION.—No funds provided under this 
section shall be used for construction, except for minor 
renovation or repair to meet applicable State or local 
health or safety requirements. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CHILD CARE SERVICES.—The term ‘child 
care services’ includes campus-based child care serv-
ices and child care services provided in an off-cam-
pus setting that are accessible to eligible student 
parents. 
‘‘(2) CIP CODE.—The term ‘CIP code’ means 
the six-digit taxonomic identification code assigned 
by an institution of higher education to a specific 
program of study at the institution, determined by 
the institution in accordance with the Classification 
of Instructional Programs published by the National 
Center for Education Statistics. 
‘‘(3) COMPLETION RATE.—The term ‘comple-
tion rate’ means— 
‘‘(A) the percentage of students from an 
initial cohort enrolled at an institution of higher 
education that is a 2-year institution who have 
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graduated from the institution or transferred to 
a 4-year institution of higher education; or 
‘‘(B) the percentage of students from an 
initial cohort enrolled at an institution of higher 
education in the State that is a 4-year institu-
tion who have graduated from the institution. 
‘‘(4) DIRECT COSTS.—The term ‘direct costs’ 
means the total cost of all items included in the cost 
of attendance (as defined in section 472) that are 
billed to the student by the institution or otherwise 
required by the institution for enrollment. 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education 
that had an enrollment of not fewer than 150 
eligible student parents in the most recently 
completed award year as of the date the deter-
mination is made; or 
‘‘(B) a consortium of two or more institu-
tions of higher education that had a total com-
bined enrollment of not fewer than 150 eligible 
student parents in the most recently completed 
award year as of the date the determination is 
made. 
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‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE STUDENT PARENT.—The term 
‘eligible student parent’ means a student who— 
‘‘(A) is the parent or guardian of one or 
more dependent children; 
‘‘(B) is enrolled in an institution of higher 
education described in subparagraph (A) or (B) 
of paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(C)(i) is eligible to receive a Federal Pell 
Grant under section 401 for the award year for 
which the determination is made; or 
‘‘(ii) meets the financial eligibility criteria 
for receiving a Federal Pell Grant under section 
401 for such award year but is not eligible for 
a Federal Pell Grant because the student is en-
rolled in a graduate or first professional course 
of study. 
‘‘(7) VALUE-ADDED EARNINGS.— 
‘‘(A) CALCULATION.—With respect to a 
student who received Federal financial aid 
under this title and who completed a program 
of study offered by an institution of higher edu-
cation, 
the 
term 
‘value-added 
earnings’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) the annual earnings of such stu-
dent measured during the applicable earn-
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ings measurement period for such program 
(as determined under subparagraph (C)); 
minus 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a student who 
completed a program of study that 
awards— 
‘‘(I) an undergraduate credential, 
150 percent of the poverty line appli-
cable to a single individual as deter-
mined under section 673(2) of the 
Community Services Block Grant Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) for such year; or 
‘‘(II) a graduate credential, 300 
percent of the poverty line applicable 
to a single individual as determined 
under section 673(2) of the Commu-
nity Services Block Grant Act (42 
U.S.C. 9902(2)) for such year. 
‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the Secretary shall use 
the geographic location of the institution at 
which a student completed a program of 
study to adjust the value-added earnings of 
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the student calculated under subparagraph 
(A) by dividing— 
‘‘(I) the difference between sub-
clauses (I) and (II) of such subpara-
graph; by 
‘‘(II) the most recent regional 
price parity index of the Bureau of 
Economics Analysis for the State or, 
as applicable, metropolitan area in 
which such institution is located. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The value-added 
earnings of a student calculated under sub-
paragraph (A) shall not be adjusted based 
on geographic location in accordance with 
clause (i) if such student attended prin-
cipally through distance education. 
‘‘(C) EARNINGS MEASUREMENT PERIOD.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose 
of calculating the value-added earnings of 
a student, except as provided in clause (ii), 
the annual earnings of a student shall be 
measured— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a program of 
study that awards an undergraduate 
certificate, post baccalaureate certifi-
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cate, or graduate certificate, one year 
after the student completes such pro-
gram; 
‘‘(II) in the case of a program of 
study that awards an associate’s de-
gree or master’s degree, 2 years after 
the student completes such program; 
and 
‘‘(III) in the case of a program of 
study that awards a bachelor’s degree, 
doctoral degree, or professional de-
gree, 4 years after the student com-
pletes such program. 
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTION.—The 
Secretary 
may, as the Secretary determines appro-
priate based on the characteristics of a 
program of study, extend an earnings 
measurement period described in clause (i) 
for a program of study that— 
‘‘(I) requires completion of an 
additional educational program after 
completion of the program of study in 
order to obtain a licensure associated 
with the credential awarded for such 
program of study; and 
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‘‘(II) when combined with the 
program length of such additional 
educational program for licensure, has 
a total program length that exceeds 
the relevant earnings measurement 
period prescribed for such program of 
study under clause (i), 
except that in no case shall the annual 
earnings of a student be measured more 
than 5 years after the student completes a 
program of study.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to grants made under 
section 419N of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070e) on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
Æ 
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