cation Statistics, shall provide technical assistance to 
States and institutions of higher education related to de-
veloping and carrying out State and institutional data col-
lection mechanisms for data on the parental status of stu-
dents collected in accordance with subsection (a), includ-
ing— 
(1) how to leverage existing systems, surveys, 
and other data collection mechanisms to collect and 
report such data, and examples and best practices 
related to data collection and privacy; 
(2) integration and reporting of such data with 
State information systems, including statewide longi-
tudinal data systems; 
(3) how to account for data elements that 
change over time; and 
(4) recommendations of best practices to insti-
tutions of higher education related to communicating 
with students about data use and privacy, including 
how data will be used to help students who are par-
ents or caregivers of dependent children. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON IMPROVING STUDENT PARENT OUT-
COMES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Education shall con-
duct a study of a demographically and geographically rep-
resentative sample of institutions of higher education (as 
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determined by the Secretary) on best practices of institu-
tions of higher education that improve outcomes for stu-
dents attending institutions of higher education who are 
parents or caregivers of dependent children. Such study 
shall include qualitative and quantitative research on— 
(1) the enrollment, persistence, and retention of 
students attending institutions of higher education 
who are parents or caregivers of dependent children, 
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, income, and 
the type of program in which such students are en-
rolled (such as an associate, baccalaureate, or grad-
uate degree program, or a certificate program); 
(2) the effects of the availability of campus- 
based childcare services on such outcomes of stu-
dents who are parents or caregivers of dependent 
children, including a comparison of students whose 
children are served by the campus-based childcare 
services with students whose children are not served 
by campus-based childcare services; 
(3) enrollment trends of students who are par-
ents or caregivers of dependent children to attend 
certain institutions or types of institutions, and 
whether such trends and preferences are based on 
the availability of institutional support services for 
such students, such as campus-based childcare, stu-
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dent parent centers, and grants under the Child 
Care Access Means Parents in School Program 
under subpart 7 of part A of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070e); 
(4) the percentage of children served by cam-
pus-based childcare services who are the children of 
students, compared to the percentage of such chil-
dren who are children of faculty, staff, and other 
community members, disaggregated by— 
(A) race, ethnicity, gender, employment or 
student status (including faculty, staff, commu-
nity member, and student status), and family 
income of the parent of such children; and 
(B) only with respect to students who are 
parents of such children, the type of program in 
which the student is enrolled (such as an asso-
ciate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree pro-
gram, or a certificate program); and 
(5) the strategies used by institutions of higher 
education for integration of on-campus services for 
students who are parents or caregivers of dependent 
children with other State and institution-provided 
services, such as the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program established under the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the pro-
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gram of block grants for States for temporary as-
sistance for needy families established under part A 
of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.), the special supplemental nutrition program 
for women, infants, and children under the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), workforce 
programs including adult education and literacy ac-
tivities (as defined in section 203 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3272)), 
and Head Start and Early Head Start programs 
carried out under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9831 et seq.). 
(b) REPORT AND DISSEMINATION OF FINDINGS.— 
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall report the 
findings of the study conducted under subsection (a) to 
Congress, and make such findings publicly available. Such 
findings shall include information on the best practices 
identified by the Secretary to be most effective at improv-
ing outcomes for students attending institutions of higher 
education who are parents or caregivers of dependent chil-
dren. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term section 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 103 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 
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