I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5458 
To amend the Child Care Access Means Parents In School Program under 
the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for herself, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. 
PETTERSEN, Ms. MCCLELLAN, and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Work-
force 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Care Access Means Parents In School 
Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
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 ‘‘Child Care Access 
Means Parents In Schools Reauthorization Act’’ or the 
‘‘CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN SCHOOL. 
Section 419N of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070e) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 419N. CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN 
SCHOOL. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to fa-
cilitate the success of eligible student parents in postsec-
ondary education through the provision of child care serv-
ices, including campus-based child care services. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may award 
grants to eligible institutions to assist the eligible in-
stitutions in providing child care services to eligible 
student parents. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 
under this section shall be awarded in an 
amount that is not less than $75,000 per year. 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 
under this section shall be awarded in an 
amount that is not more than $2,000,000 per 
year. 
‘‘(C) 
RATABLE
INCREASES
AND
DE-
CREASES.—The amount specified in subpara-
graph (A) shall be ratably increased or de-
creased to the extent that funds available under 
subsection (i) exceed or are less than (respec-
tively) the amount required to provide the 
amount specified in subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(3) DURATION AND PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DURATION.—The Secretary shall 
award a grant under this section for a period 
of 5 years. 
‘‘(B) PAYMENTS.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (C) and (D), the Secretary shall make 
annual grant payments under this section. 
‘‘(C) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary may consider applications from an eligi-
ble institution that receives grant funds under 
this section for additional funds in any subse-
quent fiscal year, if such institution dem-
onstrates the need for such additional funds, 
subject to the maximum grant amount under 
paragraph (2)(B) and the duration of the origi-
nal grant under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(D) CONTINUATION AWARDS.—The Sec-
retary shall make continuation awards under 
this section to an institution of higher education 
only if the Secretary determines, on the basis of 
the reports submitted under subsection (g)(1), 
that the institution is making a good faith ef-
fort to ensure that eligible student parents at 
the institution have access to affordable, quality 
child care services. 
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‘‘(4) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.— 
In this section, the term ‘eligible institution’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education, as 
defined in section 101, with respect to which, 
the total number of students eligible for a Fed-
eral Pell Grant enrolled at the institution of 
higher education in the most recently completed 
award year was equal to or greater than 150; 
or 
‘‘(B) a consortium of institutions of higher 
education described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall use such 
grant funds to support access to child care services 
for eligible student parents enrolled at such institu-
tion by carrying out 1 or more of the following ac-
tivities: 
‘‘(A) Establishing or supporting a campus- 
based child care program. 
‘‘(B) Providing subsidized child care using 
a sliding fee scale. 
‘‘(C) Providing subsidized and accessible 
before and after school services. 
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‘‘(2) PERMITTED USES.—In addition to the re-
quired activities described in paragraph (1), an eligi-
ble institution receiving a grant under this section 
may use such grant funds to carry out 1 or more 
of the following activities: 
‘‘(A) Providing support services for eligible 
student parents. 
‘‘(B) Enhancing the quality of the campus- 
based child care program supported under this 
section, including to meet at least one of the 
purposes 
described 
in 
subparagraphs 
(A) 
through (C) of subsection (d)(15). 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) USE
OF
FUNDS
PROHIBITION.— 
Funds under this section shall not be used for 
construction, except for renovation or repair to 
meet applicable State or local health or safety 
requirements. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL ELIGI-
BILITY REQUIREMENTS.—No eligible institution 
receiving a grant under this section may require 
a student parent to meet requirements (such as 
requirements 
related 
to 
work, 
academic 
progress, or enrollment intensity) to be eligible 
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for child care services under this section other 
than the requirements listed in paragraph (5). 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to prohibit an institu-
tion of higher education that receives grant funds 
under this section from serving the child care needs 
of the community served by such institution. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE STUDENT PAR-
ENT.—For the purpose of this section, the term ‘eli-
gible student parent’ means a student who— 
‘‘(A) is the parent or guardian of 1 or 
more dependent child; 
‘‘(B) is enrolled at an eligible institution; 
and 
‘‘(C) for the award year for which the de-
termination is made— 
‘‘(i) is eligible to receive a Federal 
Pell Grant; or 
‘‘(ii) meets the financial eligibility cri-
teria for receiving a Federal Pell Grant 
under section 401, but is not eligible for a 
Federal Pell Grant for such award year be-
cause— 
‘‘(I) the student has not com-
pleted the Free Application for Fed-
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eral Student Aid described in section 
483; 
‘‘(II) the student does not meet 
the eligibility requirements of section 
484; or 
‘‘(III) the student is enrolled in a 
graduate or first professional course 
of study. 
‘‘(6) PUBLICITY.—The Secretary shall publicize 
the availability of grants under this section, in addi-
tion to publication in the Federal Register, and shall 
inform appropriate educational, nonprofit, and child 
care organizations of such availability. 
‘‘(7) SPECIAL RULE.—Any assistance provided 
to eligible student parents from grants provided 
under this section shall not be treated as other fi-
nancial assistance for the purposes of section 
471(3). 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible institution desiring 
a grant under this section shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom-
panied by such information as the Secretary may require. 
Such application shall— 
‘‘(1) demonstrate that the institution is an eligi-
ble institution described in subsection (b)(4); 
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‘‘(2) specify the amount of funds requested; 
‘‘(3) demonstrate the need of eligible student 
parents at the institution for accessible and afford-
able child care services by including in the applica-
tion— 
‘‘(A) information regarding student demo-
graphics; 
‘‘(B) an assessment of child care capacity 
on or near campus; 
‘‘(C) information regarding the existence of 
waiting lists for child care services on or near 
campus; 
‘‘(D) 
information 
regarding 
additional 
needs created by concentrations of poverty or 
by geographic isolation; and 
‘‘(E) other relevant data; 
‘‘(4) contain a description of the activities to be 
assisted, including whether the grant funds will sup-
port an existing child care program or a new child 
care program; 
‘‘(5) identify the resources, including technical 
expertise and financial support, the institution will 
draw upon to support the child care program and 
the participation of eligible student parents in the 
program (such as accessing social services funding, 
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using student activity fees to help pay the costs of 
child care, using resources obtained by meeting the 
needs of parents who are not eligible student par-
ents, and accessing foundation, corporate, or other 
institutional support) and demonstrate that the use 
of the resources will not result in increases in stu-
dent tuition and fees; 
‘‘(6) contain an assurance that the institution 
will meet the child care needs of eligible student par-
ents through the provision of services, or through a 
contract for the provision of services; 
‘‘(7) describe the extent to which the child care 
program will coordinate with the institution’s early 
childhood education curriculum, to the extent the 
curriculum is available, to meet the needs of the stu-
dents in the early childhood education program at 
the institution, and the needs of the parents and 
children participating in the child care program as-
sisted under this section; 
‘‘(8) in the case of an institution seeking assist-
ance to establish a campus-based child care pro-
gram— 
‘‘(A) provide a timeline, covering the pe-
riod from receipt of the grant through the pro-
vision of the child care services, delineating the 
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specific steps the institution will take to achieve 
the goal of providing eligible student parents 
with child care services; 
‘‘(B) specify any measures the institution 
will take to assist eligible student parents with 
child care during the period before the institu-
tion provides child care services; 
‘‘(C) include a plan for identifying re-
sources needed for the child care services, in-
cluding space in which to provide child care 
services, and technical assistance if necessary; 
and 
‘‘(D) include plans to assure quality of 
campus-based child care facilities; 
‘‘(9) in the case of an institution seeking assist-
ance for a campus-based child care program in exist-
ence on the date of the application— 
‘‘(A) provide information regarding the 
number of eligible student parents served 
through campus-based child care on such date; 
‘‘(B) provide information on the age 
groups of children to be served; 
‘‘(C) specify any measures the institution 
will take to assist eligible student parents who 
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are waitlisted for the campus-based child care 
program; 
‘‘(D) provide information regarding the ap-
plication of subsidies or a sliding fee scale for 
child care services; 
‘‘(E) specify what staff positions will be 
supported by funding under this section, and 
how those staff positions support the purpose 
under subsection (a); 
‘‘(F) provide information on the total num-
ber of children served by the campus-based 
child care program, and number of children of 
students served; and 
‘‘(G) specify if funding will be used to en-
hance program quality as described in sub-
section (c)(2)(B); 
‘‘(10) in the case of an institution seeking as-
sistance that will contract for the provision of child 
care services— 
‘‘(A) provide information on the age 
groups of children to be served; 
‘‘(B) provide information regarding the ap-
plication of subsidies or a sliding fee scale for 
child care services; and 
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‘‘(C) provide information regarding param-
eters the institution will use in selecting child 
care providers in contracting for the provision 
of services, including— 
‘‘(i) assessment of program quality; 
and 
‘‘(ii) geographic location; 
‘‘(11) contain an assurance that any child care 
facility assisted under this section will meet the ap-
plicable State and local government licensing, certifi-
cation, approval, or registration requirements; 
‘‘(12) describe how information regarding the 
availability of subsidized child care will be provided 
to students; 
‘‘(13) contain an assurance that the institution 
will assist student parents receiving child care serv-
ices provided under this section in enrolling in Fed-
eral, State, Tribal, or local means-tested benefits 
programs for which they may be eligible, including— 
‘‘(A) the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program established under the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), a nu-
trition assistance program carried out under 
section 19 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2028), or a 
nutrition assistance program carried out by the 
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Secretary of Agriculture in the Northern Mar-
iana Islands; 
‘‘(B) the supplemental security income pro-
gram under title XVI of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 
‘‘(C) the program of block grants to States 
for temporary assistance for needy families 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
‘‘(D) the special supplemental nutrition 
program for women, infants, and children es-
tablished by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); 
‘‘(E) the Medicaid program under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 
et seq.); 
‘‘(F) Federal housing assistance programs, 
including tenant-based assistance under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), and public housing, as 
defined in section 3(b)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b)(1)); 
‘‘(G) Federal child care assistance pro-
grams, including assistance under the Child 
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