(1) Each year, nearly 750,000 American teen-
agers ages 15 through 19 become pregnant, giving 
the United States the highest teenage pregnancy 
rate of all industrialized nations. 
(2) Overall, there has been an impressive de-
cline in teen pregnancy and birth rates since the 
early 1990s. Between 2005 and 2006, however, teen 
pregnancy rates increased for the first time in 14 
years. 
(3) Seventy percent of teenagers who become 
pregnant drop out of high school, and teenage fa-
thers tend to complete, on average, one semester of 
high school fewer than men who delay fatherhood 
until they are 21 years or older. Fewer economic op-
portunities are available to these teenage parents. 
(4) Some teenagers drop out of school as a re-
sult of subsequent pregnancies. In 2006, subsequent 
pregnancies accounted for 85,000, or almost 20 per-
cent, of all teenage pregnancies. 
(5) Marginalized racial or ethnic minority and 
immigrant communities generally have less access to 
the education, support, and services needed for 
healthy growth and development, and are at high 
risk for teenage pregnancy. 
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(6) The high rate of teenage pregnancy in ra-
cial or ethnic minority and immigrant communities 
can lead to a disproportionate dropout rate in those 
communities. School systems in many such commu-
nities lack the funding and expertise to effectively 
counter high school teenage pregnancy dropout 
rates. 
(7) 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. 
(8) The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey con-
tained the surprising finding that sexually active les-
bian, gay, and bisexual youth are three times as like-
ly to face an unwanted pregnancy as their hetero-
sexual peers. 
(9) Only 51 percent of all teenage mothers, and 
38 percent of teenage mothers who have a child be-
fore they turn 18, have a high school diploma, com-
pared to 89 percent of all other women. 
(10) Parenthood is a leading cause of school 
dropout among teenage women. Of all teenage 
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women who have dropped out of high school, 30 per-
cent cited pregnancy or parenthood as a reason they 
dropped out, including 36 percent of Latina women 
and 38 percent of African-American women. 
(11) Two-thirds of all teenage births occur 
among teenagers ages 18 and 19. Birth rates among 
women of those ages have declined less significantly 
than among teenage women of other ages. These 
older teenage parents would benefit from the in-
creased availability of services at institutions of 
higher education, particularly at community colleges. 
(12) The responsibilities of pregnancy and par-
enting can interfere with the attainment of a college 
degree. Sixty-one percent of women who have chil-
dren 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. 
(13) Comprehensive support through schools, 
public agencies, and community-based organizations 
can reduce high school dropout rates and ensure 
that more pregnant and parenting teenagers com-
plete high school and enroll in institutions of higher 
education. 
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(14) More data on the prevalence of pregnant 
and parenting teenagers is needed so that Federal 
assistance reaches the communities in which it is 
most needed. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR ASSISTANCE TO PREGNANT AND PAR-
ENTING STUDENTS AT ELEMENTARY AND 
SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Part H 
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 1803 (20 U.S.C. 6553)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘this part’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparts 1 and 2’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before the first sen-
tence; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) For the purpose of carrying out subpart 3, there 
are authorized to be appropriated $75,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.’’; 
(2) in section 1822(a) (20 U.S.C. 6561a(a)), by 
striking ‘‘1803’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘1803(a)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
part: 
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‘‘Subpart 3—Grants for Assistance to Pregnant and 
Parenting Students 
‘‘SEC. 1840. GRANTS FOR ASSISTANCE TO PREGNANT AND 
PARENTING STUDENTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
shall establish a program to award grants to local edu-
cational agencies to help pregnant and parenting students 
stay in school by expanding their access to services, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(1) tutoring; 
‘‘(2) pregnancy-related healthcare; 
‘‘(3) child care; 
‘‘(4) transportation; 
‘‘(5) after-school support; 
‘‘(6) academic counseling; 
‘‘(7) school social work services; or 
‘‘(8) family planning services, including services 
for subsequent pregnancy prevention. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall give priority to a local edu-
cational agency that, in the determination of the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(1) is eligible for assistance under part A; 
‘‘(2) serves a school that will have a significant 
percentage of pregnant and parenting students in 
the period for which the grant is awarded; and 
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