I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2617 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to promote the 
education of pregnant and parenting students. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2011 
Mr. POLIS (for himself and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants 
to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students. 
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 ‘‘Pregnant and Par-
enting Students Access to Education Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) There are approximately 750,000 teen preg-
nancies and 400,000 teen births annually in the 
United States. 
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(2) Although teen pregnancy rates in the 
United States have declined by about a third since 
the early 1990s, 3 in 10 girls in the U.S. will be-
come pregnant before age 20, which is the highest 
rate of teen pregnancy in the developed world. 
(3) The teen pregnancy and birth rates in the 
United States are higher than in any other Western 
industrialized country. 
(4) Fifty-two percent of Latina teens and 50 
percent of African-American teen girls will become 
pregnant at least once before they are 20 years old. 
Birth rates among Latina and African-American 
youth ages 15 through 17 are more than twice the 
birth rates of Caucasian youth in the same age 
range. 
(5) Many pregnant and parenting students face 
significant barriers in enrolling, attending, and suc-
ceeding in school, including— 
(A) discrimination in violation of title IX 
of the Education Amendments of 1972, includ-
ing stigmatization at school by administrators, 
teachers, and peer students; 
(B) a lack of consistent policies at the 
State, district, and school levels that allow for 
excused absences for prenatal and postnatal 
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health care appointments in order for teen par-
ents to successfully complete their education; 
(C) 
difficulty 
maintaining 
academic 
progress while out of school leading up to or 
following the birth of a child; 
(D) juggling school work with parenting 
responsibilities; 
(E) lack of access to affordable quality 
child care and transportation to and from the 
child care arrangement and school, which can, 
as a practical matter, make it virtually impos-
sible for a parenting student to attend school 
regularly; and 
(F) stereotypes that future opportunities 
for postsecondary education or careers are lim-
ited for pregnant and parenting students, which 
can diminish students’ motivation to stay en-
gaged in school. 
(6) Only about half of teen mothers earned a 
high school diploma by age 22 compared to 89 per-
cent of women who didn’t have a teen birth. 
(7) Only 2 percent of all teenagers who have a 
baby before age 18 complete college by age 30. 
(8) Studies of females and males who dropped 
out of high school indicate that becoming a parent 
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played a role in their discontinuation of school, and 
in many cases it played a major role. For example, 
nearly half of all female dropouts and one-third of 
male dropouts said that becoming a parent played a 
role in their decision to leave school. 
(9) Teen pregnancy prevention should address 
subsequent pregnancies, which substantially increase 
dropout risks for teen mothers and accounted for 
85,000, or almost 20 percent, of all teen preg-
nancies. 
(10) Because teen pregnancy and parenting are 
significant risk factors for dropout, teen pregnancy 
prevention can go a long way toward improving high 
school graduation rates. 
(11) Females who do not earn a high school di-
ploma are especially likely to face severe economic 
consequences—to be unemployed, to earn very low 
wages, and to have to rely on public support pro-
grams—that significantly affect not only individual 
students and their families, but also our national 
economy as a whole. 
(12) Teen childbearing in the United States 
cost taxpayers (Federal, State and local) at least 
$10.9 billion in 2008. 
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(13) Title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) prohibits educational 
institutions that receive Federal funding from dis-
criminating against pregnant and parenting stu-
dents, and its implementing regulations detail 
schools’ obligations to ensure that pregnant and par-
enting students have access to equal educational op-
portunities. 
(14) Some States currently collect data about 
the pregnancy and parenting status of secondary 
school students, but most do not, and there is no na-
tionwide data collection on this important dimension 
of the student population. 
(15) Some local educational agencies are mak-
ing active efforts to engage and re-engage pregnant 
and parenting youth in secondary education by im-
plementing voluntary programs that provide or ar-
range academic and support services for them, in-
cluding individualized graduation plans, flexible 
scheduling, homebound instruction for extended ab-
sences, school-based child care, transportation assist-
ance, health and social service referrals, and parent 
education courses. 
(16) The responsibilities of pregnancy and par-
enting can also interfere with the attainment of a 
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college degree. Sixty-one percent of women who have 
children after enrolling in community college do not 
graduate. Women who do not have children after en-
rollment graduate at a 65 percent higher rate than 
women who do. 
(17) Federal financial assistance to local edu-
cational agencies to start or expand voluntary stu-
dent academic and support service programs and ini-
tiatives for pregnant and parenting students is im-
perative to helping these students prepare for ca-
reers and post-secondary education opportunities, 
and care for their children without need for long- 
term public assistance. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to ensure that each pregnant and parenting 
student has equal access to the same free, appro-
priate, high-quality public education that is provided 
to other students; 
(2) to improve high school graduation rates, ca-
reer-readiness, access to postsecondary educational 
opportunities, and outcomes for pregnant and par-
enting students and their children; and 
(3) to assist each State and local educational 
agency in improving its graduation rates and ful-
filling its responsibilities under title IX of the Edu-
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cation Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 
seq.) with respect to pregnant and parenting stu-
dents. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL ACTIVITIES FOR 
THE EDUCATION OF PREGNANT AND PAR-
ENTING STUDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education is au-
thorized to make grants to States to carry out the activi-
ties described in subsection (d). A grant made under this 
section shall be for a minimum of three years, and the 
Secretary shall have the discretion to renew the grant at 
the end of the grant period. 
(b) APPLICATION.—A State desiring to receive a 
grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may reasonably require, 
including, at a minimum, the State plan described in sub-
section (f). 
(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS
FOR
NATIONAL 
ACTIVITIES.—From the funds made available to 
carry out this Act, the Secretary may reserve not 
more than 5 percent for national activities. 
(2) ALLOTMENT TO THE SECRETARY OF THE 
INTERIOR.—The amount allocated for payments 
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under this Act to the Secretary of the Interior for 
any fiscal year shall be, as determined pursuant to 
criteria established by the Secretary, the amount 
necessary to meet the needs of— 
(A) Indian children on reservations served 
by secondary schools for Indian children oper-
ated or supported by the Department of the In-
terior; and 
(B) out-of-State Indian children in elemen-
tary schools and secondary schools in local edu-
cational agencies under special contracts with 
the Department of the Interior. 
(3) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.—The Sec-
retary shall allocate to States having approved appli-
cations the funds remaining after the application of 
paragraphs (1) and (2) based on the percentage of 
the State’s number of teen births compared to the 
number of teen births nationally, except that the 
minimum grant for a State shall be $300,000. 
(4) 
SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Grant 
funds provided under paragraph (3) shall be used 
only to supplement the funds that would, in the ab-
sence of such Federal funds, be made available from 
non-Federal sources for the education of pupils par-
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ticipating in programs assisted under this Act, and 
not to supplant such funds. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available to a 
State under this Act shall be used for the following: 
(A) To provide or enhance educational pro-
grams and related services that enable pregnant 
and parenting students to enroll in, attend, and 
succeed in school, and that are culturally and 
linguistically competent. 
(B) To designate a Coordinator for Edu-
cation of Pregnant and Parenting Students in 
the State educational agency to direct and man-
age the State educational agency’s activities re-
lated to this Act, in collaboration with the 
State’s designated employee responsible for the 
State’s efforts to comply with and carry out, to 
the fullest extent, its responsibilities under title 
IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 
U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 
(C) To prepare and carry out a State plan 
described in subsection (f). 
(D) To develop and implement high-quality 
professional development programs for local 
educational agencies and school personnel. 
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(E) To direct grants to rural and other 
local educational agencies without capacity to 
prepare an application for funds. 
(F) To ensure that information about the 
program is disseminated to all local educational 
agencies and made publicly and readily avail-
able on the State educational agency’s Web site, 
including— 
(i) the name and contact information 
for the individuals described in subpara-
graph (B); 
(ii) a list of subgrantees; and 
(iii) an explanation of the rights of 
students and responsibilities of schools 
under title IX of the Education Amend-
ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), 
including investigation and complaint pro-
cedures as required under subsection (a) 
and (b) of section 106.8 of title 34, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act). 
(2) RESERVATION
FOR
STATE-LEVEL
ACTIVI-
TIES.—From the funds made available to a State 
under this Act, a State may reserve not more than 
10 percent for State-level activities. 
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(3) SUBGRANTS.—The State shall distribute at 
least 90 percent of each State grant as subgrants to 
local educational agencies in accordance with section 
4. 
(e) COORDINATOR FOR EDUCATION OF PREGNANT 
AND PARENTING STUDENTS.—The Coordinator for Edu-
cation of Pregnant and Parenting Students in the State 
educational agency described in subsection (d)(1)(B) 
shall— 
(1) gather information on the nature and extent 
of State and local efforts to prevent teen pregnancy 
and the nature and extent of barriers to educational 
access and success facing pregnant and parenting 
students in the State, including information on re-
ported incidents of discrimination; 
(2) develop and carry out the State plan de-
scribed in subsection (f); 
(3) collect and report information to the Sec-
retary of Education, such as that which is listed in 
subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 6(a)(6); 
(4) facilitate the coordination of services with 
the State agencies responsible for administering pro-
grams affecting children, youth, and families (in-
cluding for the purposes of maximizing the 
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leveraging of resources from such agencies), includ-
ing— 
(A) Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam-
ilies; 
(B) Medicaid; 
(C) Children’s Health Insurance Program; 
(D) teen pregnancy prevention, family 
planning, and maternal and child health pro-
grams; 
(E) Women, Infants and Children Food 
and Nutrition Service; 
(F) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program; 
(G) child care; 
(H) early childhood education, home visita-
tion, and child welfare programs; 
(I) workforce investment programs and 
postsecondary education; and 
(J) housing assistance and homeless assist-
ance programs; 
(5) coordinate and collaborate with educators, 
service providers, and local educational agency preg-
nant and parenting student liaisons; 
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(6) provide technical assistance and training to 
local educational agencies, including the dissemina-
tion of best practices; and 
(7) report to the Secretary any complaints re-
ceived by the State about discrimination based on 
pregnancy or parenting status and what actions 
were taken to address those complaints. 
(f) STATE PLAN.—Pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(C), 
each State shall submit a plan to provide for the education 
of pregnant and parenting students. Such plan shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) A description of how such students will be 
given the opportunity to meet the same rigorous aca-
demic achievement and college and career-readiness 
standards that all students are expected to meet. 
(2) The policy, protocol, or procedure that each 
district or State implements once a pregnancy has 
been discovered on campus; including how each dis-
trict ensures the student understands his or her 
rights under title IX of the Education Amendments 
of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 
(3) A description of how the State will identify 
such students. 
(4) A description of training programs to raise 
awareness of school personnel regarding the rights 
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and educational needs of pregnant and parenting 
students. 
(5) A description of procedures designed to en-
sure that students eligible for Federal, State, or 
local food, housing, health care, or child care pro-
grams are enrolled and able to participate in such 
programs. 
(6) A description of procedures designed to en-
sure that students eligible for Federal, State, or 
local after-school programs or supplemental edu-
cational services are enrolled in and able to partici-
pate in such programs. 
(7) Strategies that respond to the problems 
identified under subsection (e)(1). 
(8) A demonstration that the State and its local 
educational agencies have developed, reviewed, and 
revised policies to remove barriers to enrollment and 
retention of pregnant and parenting students in 
schools in the State. 
(9) Assurances that— 
(A) State educational agencies and local 
educational agencies will not stigmatize, dis-
criminate against, or involuntarily segregate 
students on the basis of pregnancy or par-
enting; 
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(B) local educational agencies will des-
ignate a pregnant and parenting student liaison 
to communicate with the Coordinator for Edu-
cation of Pregnant and Parenting Students in 
the State educational agency and oversee the 
provision of services at the local educational 
agency and school levels; and 
(C) State educational agencies and local 
educational agencies will ensure that transpor-
tation is provided for students who have an in-
ability to pay for transportation and who— 
(i) choose to attend programs for 
pregnant and parenting students located 
outside of their school of origin; or 
(ii) need transportation to and from 
school and the student’s child care provider 
for the student and the student’s child, re-
spectively. 
(10) Description of how the State will ensure 
that local educational agencies comply with require-
ments of this Act. 
(11) A description of technical assistance to be 
provided to local educational agencies. 
(g) PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
AND
PUBLIC 
EDUCATION.—Each State and each local educational 
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agency shall include in professional development and pub-
lic education materials reference to, and shall ensure that 
school personnel, students, and family members of stu-
dents are aware of title IX of the Education Amendments 
of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and its implementing 
regulations, which set forth the Federal civil right to be 
free from discrimination on the basis of a student’s preg-
nancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of preg-
nancy, or recovery therefrom. This includes the right to 
be free from harassment and stigmatization on those 
bases, as well as the following: 
(1) The right to enroll in any school or program 
for which they would otherwise qualify. 
(2) If enrolled into a special program or sepa-
rate school, the right to an education equal in qual-
ity to that offered to other students in the ‘‘main-
stream’’ or ‘‘originating’’ school. 
(3) The right to decline to participate in a spe-
cialized program or separate school. 
(4) The right to continue their education in the 
school in which they were enrolled, or would have 
been enrolled, prior to the student’s pregnancy, 
childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of preg-
nancy, or recovery therefrom, including elementary 
or secondary schools, charter schools, honors and 
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magnet programs, Advanced Placement and Inter-
national Baccalaureate programs, career and tech-
nical education programs, special education and non- 
public school placements, alternative options or pro-
grams, migrant education, free and reduced lunch 
programs, services for English language learners, 
physical education programs, after-school academic 
programs, and any others for which they are other-
wise qualified. 
(5) The right to participate in school activities 
including graduations and other ceremonies; to re-
ceive awards or peer recognition; to participate on 
field trips, student clubs and councils, in after-school 
activities, including cheerleading or athletics teams; 
and in any other school-related programs, subject to 
providing a medical release if that is required of all 
students who have physical or emotional conditions 
requiring the attention of medical personnel and who 
want to continue participating. 
(6) The right to the same benefits and services 
offered to students with other temporary disabilities. 
(7) The right to an excused absence for as long 
as the student’s physician deems it medically nec-
essary, without penalty, and automatic return to the 
status the student held prior to the leave of absence. 
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(8) The right not to be retaliated against for 
raising awareness of, complaining about, or report-
ing discrimination. 
(h) COORDINATION FOR SUPPORT SERVICES.—Local 
educational agencies may coordinate with social services 
agencies, public health agencies, youth services providers, 
or other community-based organizations for the purposes 
of ensuring that pregnant and parenting students have ac-
cess to the academic support services they need to con-
tinue their education; and to raise awareness among agen-
cies about pregnant and parenting students and their edu-
cational rights and opportunities. 
(i) PREGNANT
AND PARENTING STUDENT LIAI-
SON.—The duties of a local educational agency’s pregnant 
and parenting student liaison shall include— 
(1) identification, by consulting with school per-
sonnel, and by self-reports, of pregnant and par-
enting students in need of services to help them stay 
in school and succeed; 
(2) gathering information on the nature and ex-
tent of barriers to educational access and success 
facing pregnant and parenting students in the geo-
graphic area served by the local educational agency, 
including information on reported incidents of dis-
crimination; 
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(3) ensuring and facilitating the continued en-
rollment of pregnant and parenting students in 
school in an academic program that best meets the 
educational goals of the student and his or her fam-
ily; 
(4) ensuring that the educational and related 
barriers faced by pregnant and parenting students 
are addressed, and that any services and referrals 
provided are culturally and linguistically competent; 
(5) informing pregnant and parenting students 
of educational and related services extended to preg-
nant and parenting students and of their right 
under title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) to continue their edu-
cation; and 
(6) coordinating the provision of services in 
conjunction with the Coordinator for Education of 
Pregnant and Parenting Students in the State edu-
cational agency and with community organizations 
and partners. 
SEC. 4. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY SUBGRANTS FOR 
THE EDUCATION OF PREGNANT AND PAR-
ENTING STUDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency re-
ceiving a grant under section 3 shall make competitive 
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subgrants to local educational agencies for the purpose of 
facilitating the enrollment, attendance, and success in 
school of pregnant and parenting students. Services may 
be provided on school grounds or at other facilities. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Local educational agencies seek-
ing subgrants shall submit an application to the State edu-
cational agency in time and manner required by the State. 
The application shall include— 
(1) an assessment of the educational and re-
lated needs of pregnant and parenting students in 
the local educational agency; 
(2) a description of the local educational agen-
cy’s plan for addressing those needs, and assurance 
that the specific services and programs for which 
subgrants are being sought are culturally and lin-
guistically competent; 
(3) assurance of the local educational agency’s 
compliance with local educational agency require-
ments established in section 3; and 
(4) a description of the local educational agen-
cy’s plan for continuing specific services and pro-
grams for which subgrants are being sought in case 
of the loss of or absence of Federal assistance. 
(c) AWARDS.—Subgrants under this section shall be 
awarded on the basis of need and the strength of the appli-
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cation in meeting the requirements and goals of this Act. 
Priority consideration shall be given to applications from 
local educational agencies serving students in geographic 
areas with— 
(1) teen birth rates that are higher than the 
State average; or 
(2) teen birth rates below the State average but 
having one or more racial or ethnic groups with teen 
birth rates higher than the State average. 
(d) DURATION.—Subgrants under this section shall 
be for periods not to exceed 3 years. 
(e) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Subgrant funds shall be 
expended for activities that include— 
(1) the provision of academic support services 
for pregnant and parenting students, which may in-
clude, but are not limited to academic counseling, 
the development of individualized graduation plans, 
assistance with class scheduling, assistance with 
planning for and gaining access to postsecondary 
educational opportunities, assistance securing tutor-
ing or other academic support services, supplemental 
instruction, homework assistance, tutoring, or other 
educational services, such as homebound instruction 
services to be provided during extended leaves of ab-
sence due to pregnancy complications, childbirth, or 
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the illness of a student’s child, to keep the student 
on track to finish the student’s classes and graduate; 
(2) assistance to pregnant and parenting stu-
dents in gaining access to quality, affordable child 
care and early childhood education services; 
(3) the provision of transportation services or 
assistance so that parenting students and their chil-
dren can get to and from school and child care, re-
spectively, and so that pregnant students unable to 
walk long distances can get to school if transpor-
tation is not already provided for that student; 
(4) the provision of services and programs to 
attract, engage, and retain pregnant and parenting 
students in school, including informing pregnant and 
parenting teenagers and their family members and 
caring adults of their right to continue their edu-
cation, the importance of doing so, and the con-
sequences of not doing so; 
(5) the education of students, parents and com-
munity members about the educational rights of 
pregnant and parenting students; 
(6) the professional development of school per-
sonnel regarding the challenges facing pregnant and 
parenting students and their educational rights; 
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(7) proactive outreach efforts to assist pregnant 
and parenting teenagers with excessive absences and 
to re-enroll pregnant or parenting teenagers who 
have dropped out of school; 
(8) the revision of school policies and practices 
to remove barriers and to encourage pregnant and 
parenting students to continue their education, such 
as revising attendance policies to allow for students 
to be excused from school for— 
(A) attendance at pregnancy-related med-
ical appointments, including expectant fathers 
who are students; 
(B) fulfillment of the student’s parenting 
responsibilities, including arranging child care, 
caring for the student’s sick child or children, 
and attending medical appointments for the 
student’s child or children; and 
(C) such other situations beyond the con-
trol of the student as determined by the board 
of education in each local educational agency, 
or such other circumstances which cause rea-
sonable concern to student or the student’s par-
ent for the safety or health of the student, for 
example addressing circumstances resulting 
from domestic or sexual violence; 
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(9) the provision to student parents, and at a 
student’s request, also to a non-student parent or 
other family members and caring adults, of training 
and support in parenting skills, healthy relationship 
skills, and other life skills such as goal setting, 
budgeting, time management, financial literacy, net-
working, job interviewing, applying for college and 
securing financial aid; and 
(10) the provision of educational and career 
mentoring services and peer groups, whether during 
school hours or after school. 
(f) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subgrant funds may be ex-
pended for allowable activities such as— 
(A) the provision of child care and early 
childhood education for the child of the par-
enting student, either by providing these serv-
ices directly on school grounds or by other ar-
rangement, such as by providing financial as-
sistance to obtain such services at a child care 
facility within a reasonable distance of the 
school; 
(B) the provision of case management 
services to pregnant and parenting students, 
such as assistance with applying for and access-
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ing public benefits and Federal financial aid for 
postsecondary education and training; 
(C) the provision of, or referrals to, preg-
nancy prevention, primary health care, maternal 
and child health, family planning, mental 
health, substance abuse, housing assistance, 
homeless assistance, legal aid services, including 
paternity testing, establishing parental rights, 
child custody arrangements, and other services 
needed by the student; 
(D) the provision of emergency financial or 
in-kind assistance to a parenting student to ful-
fill the basic human needs of a student and the 
student’s child; 
(E) efforts to create a positive school cli-
mate for pregnant and parenting students, in-
cluding addressing discrimination against, har-
assment and stigmatization of pregnant and 
parenting students; and 
(F) the provision of training practicums 
for graduate students in social work to carry 
out the purpose of the grant. 
(2) MEDICALLY ACCURATE AND COMPLETE IN-
FORMATION.—With respect to information provided 
under subparagraph (C), whether provided by local 
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educational agencies or by contract or arrangement 
as described in subsection (g), the information shall 
be, where appropriate, medically accurate and com-
plete. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the 
term ‘‘medically accurate and complete’’ means 
verified or supported by the weight of research con-
ducted in compliance with accepted scientific meth-
ods and— 
(A) published in peer-reviewed journals, 
where applicable; or 
(B) comprising information that leading 
professional organizations and agencies with 
relevant expertise in the field recognize as accu-
rate, objective, and complete. 
(g) ACTIVITIES OF NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—Local educational agencies may provide and 
expend subgrant funds on required activities authorized 
in subsection (e) or allowable activities authorized in sub-
section (f) directly or by contract or arrangement with so-
cial services agencies, public health agencies, youth serv-
ices providers, or other nonprofit community-based organi-
zations with experience effectively assisting pregnant and 
parenting students to stay in school by conducting the ac-
tivities described in subsections (e) and (f). 
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SEC. 5. CONVERSION TO CATEGORICAL PROGRAM IN 
EVENT OF FAILURE OF STATE REGARDING 
EXPENDITURE OF GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, from the 
amounts specified in subsection (b), make grants to local 
educational agencies in a State described in subsection (b) 
for the required activities specified in section 4(e) and the 
allowable activities specified in section 4(f). 
(b) SPECIFICATION OF FUNDS.—The amounts re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are any amounts that would 
have been allocated to a State under section 3(c)(3) that 
are not paid to the State as a result of— 
(1) the failure of the State to submit an appli-
cation under section 3(b); 
(2) the failure of the State, in the determina-
tion of the Secretary, to prepare the application in 
accordance with such section or to submit the appli-
cation within a reasonable period of time; or 
(3) the State informing the Secretary that the 
State does not intend to expend the full amount of 
such allocation. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 
carry out the following activities: 
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(1) Review of State plans to ensure they ade-
quately address all of the elements listed in section 
3(f) of this Act. 
(2) Provide technical assistance to State edu-
cational agencies. 
(3) Provide guidance to Federal programs and 
grantees likely to have contact with pregnant and 
parenting students and their family members and 
caring adults regarding the educational rights of 
pregnant and parenting students and the State edu-
cational agencies responsibilities, including the re-
sponsibilities under this Act. 
(4) At the end of each 3-year grant period, con-
duct a rigorous, evidence-based, comprehensive eval-
uation of the local educational agency programs 
funded by these grants and their effectiveness in im-
proving graduation rates and educational outcomes 
for pregnant and parenting students, including ac-
ceptance and enrollment in higher education. The 
findings of such evaluations shall be reported to 
Congress. 
(5) Conduct a one-time national evaluation of 
pregnant and parenting student access to education 
program service delivery models, directly or via con-
tract with an independent research institution. Iden-
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tify and disseminate the findings and best practices 
at the State and local levels, including models of 
programs that are successful at, or show promise of, 
serving specific racial or ethnic groups or have been 
modified and tested with specific racial or ethnic 
groups, and create an online best practices clearing-
house as a resource for other State educational 
agencies and local educational agencies. 
(6) Annually collect and disseminate nonperson-
ally identifiable data and information, in a manner 
protective of student privacy, and disaggregated by 
each school or alternative program identified pursu-
ant to subparagraph (B) and by whether services for 
pregnant and parenting students are offered in 
school or off-site, on— 
(A) the number of pregnant and parenting 
students enrolled in school; 
(B) rates and participation of pregnant 
and parenting students in mainstream or origi-
nating schools, rates and participation of preg-
nant and parenting students in alternative pro-
grams and, for each alternative program, an in-
dication as to whether it is offered in a main-
stream school or off-site; 
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(C) pregnant and parenting students’ per-
formance on academic assessments; 
(D) pregnant and parenting students’ 
graduation rates, dropout rates and transfer 
rates; 
(E) rates of usage by pregnant and par-
enting students of child care services or assist-
ance (if offered); 
(F) rates of usage by pregnant or par-
enting students of other services offered (bro-
ken down by type of service); and 
(G) such other data and information as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary and rel-
evant. 
(7) Coordinate data collection and dissemina-
tion with the agencies and entities that receive funds 
under this Act and those that administer programs 
in accordance with this Act. 
(b) REPORTING RATES.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(a)(6)(B) through (F), if the number of pregnant and par-
enting students in a particular school or program is small-
er than the N size, it shall be reported by local educational 
agency, and if the number of pregnant and parenting stu-
dents under the jurisdiction of the local educational agen-
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cy is smaller than the N size, it should be reported by 
State. 
SEC. 7. EFFECT ON FEDERAL AND STATE NONDISCRIMINA-
TION LAWS. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt, 
invalidate, or limit rights, remedies, procedures, or legal 
standards available to victims of discrimination or retalia-
tion under any other Federal law or a law of a State or 
political subdivision of a State, including title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), title 
IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
1681 et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), section 1557 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub-
lic Law 111–148), or section 1979 of the Revised Statutes 
(42 U.S.C. 1983). The obligations imposed by this Act are 
in addition to those imposed by title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), title VI 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12101 et seq.), and section 1557 of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–148). 
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SEC. 8. DEFINITION OF STATE. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ means 
each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the 
United States Virgin Islands, and any other territory or 
possession of the United States. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and such sums 
as may be necessary for fiscal years 2013 through 2016. 
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