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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4265 
To establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible institu-
tions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and parenting 
student services offices for pregnant students, parenting students, pro-
spective parenting students who are anticipating a birth or adoption, 
and students who are placing or have placed a child for adoption. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 9, 2005 
Ms. HART introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage 
eligible institutions of higher education to establish and 
operate pregnant and parenting student services offices 
for pregnant students, parenting students, prospective 
parenting students who are anticipating a birth or adop-
tion, and students who are placing or have placed a 
child for adoption. 
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 ‘‘Elizabeth Cady Stan-
ton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 
2005’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) pregnant college students should not have 
to make a choice between keeping their baby and 
staying in school; 
(2) the pilot program under this Act will help 
interested, eligible institutions of higher education 
establish pregnancy and parenting student services 
offices that will operate independent of Federal 
funding no later than 5 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act; and 
(3) amounts appropriated to carry out other 
Federal programs should be reduced to offset the 
costs of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘‘eligible institution of higher 
education’’ means an institution of higher education 
(as such term is defined in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that 
has established and operates, or agrees to establish
and operate upon the receipt of a grant under this 
Act, a pregnant and parenting student services office 
described in section 7. 
(2) PARENT; PARENTING.—The terms ‘‘parent’’ 
and ‘‘parenting’’ refer to a parent or legal guardian 
of a minor. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
SEC. 4. PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENT SERVICES 
PILOT PROGRAM. 
From amounts appropriated under section 9 for a fis-
cal year, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program to 
award grants to eligible institutions of higher education 
to enable the eligible institutions to establish (or maintain) 
and operate pregnant and parenting student services of-
fices in accordance with section 7. 
SEC. 5. APPLICATION; NUMBER OF GRANTS. 
(a) APPLICATION.—An eligible institution of higher 
education that desires to receive a grant under this Act 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require 
(b) REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary may require an eligible institution submit-
ting an application under subsection (a) to provide addi-
tional information if the Secretary determines such infor-
mation is necessary to process the application. 
(c) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations under section 9, the Secretary shall 
award grants under this Act to no more than 200 eligible 
institutions. 
SEC. 6. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 
An eligible institution of higher education that re-
ceives a grant under this Act shall contribute to the con-
duct of the pregnant and parenting student services office 
supported by the grant an amount from non-Federal funds 
equal to the amount of the grant. The non-Federal share 
may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including serv-
ices, facilities, supplies, or equipment. 
SEC. 7. USE OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution of higher 
education that receives a grant under this Act shall use 
grant funds to establish (or maintain) and operate a preg-
nant and parenting student services office, located on the 
campus of the eligible institution, that carries out the fol-
lowing programs and activities: 
(1) Hosts an initial pregnancy and parenting 
resource forum— 
(A) to assess pregnancy and parenting re-
sources, located on the campus or within the
local community, that are available to meet the 
needs described in paragraph (2); and 
(B) to set goals for— 
(i) improving such resources for preg-
nant, parenting, and prospective parenting 
students; and 
(ii) improving access to such re-
sources. 
(2) Annually assesses the performance of the el-
igible institution and the office in meeting the fol-
lowing needs of students enrolled in the eligible in-
stitution who are pregnant or are parents: 
(A) The inclusion of maternity coverage 
and the availability of riders for additional fam-
ily members in student health care. 
(B) Family housing. 
(C) Child care. 
(D) Flexible or alternative academic sched-
uling, such as telecommuting programs. 
(E) Education to improve parenting skills 
for mothers and fathers and to strengthen mar-
riages. 
(F) Resources to assist parents and pro-
spective parents in meeting the material needs 
of their children.
(G) Post-partum counseling and support 
groups. 
(3) Identifies public and private service pro-
viders, located on the campus of the eligible institu-
tion or within the local community, that are quali-
fied to meet the needs described in paragraph (2), 
and establishes programs with qualified providers to 
meet such needs. 
(4) Assists pregnant and parenting students 
and their spouses in locating and obtaining services 
that meet the needs described in paragraph (2). 
(5) If appropriate, provides referrals for pre-
natal care and delivery, infant or foster care, or 
adoption, to a student who requests such informa-
tion. An office shall make such referrals only to 
service providers that primarily serve the following 
types of individuals: 
(A) Parents. 
(B) Prospective parents awaiting adoption. 
(C) Women who are pregnant and plan on 
parenting or placing the child for adoption. 
(D) Parenting or prospective parenting 
couples who are married or who plan on 
marrying in order to provide a supportive envi-
ronment for each other and their child.