Title: Helping Student Parents Succeed Act
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Helping Student Parents Succeed Act
This bill requires an institution of higher education to make a statement of policy regarding expectant and parenting students accessible on its website.
Such information shall include (1) policies regarding leaves of absence related to pregnancy or adoption and options for making up missed work, (2) types of accommodations for expectant and parenting students, and (3) availability of certain financial aid and student support services.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5222 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5222

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish notification 
requirements for policies concerning expectant and parenting students, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2019

 Mr. Allred (for himself and Mr. Trone) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish notification 
requirements for policies concerning expectant and parenting students, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Student Parents Succeed 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPECTANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS POLICIES.

    Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 18 U.S.C. 1092) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Expectant and Parenting Students Policies.--Each institution 
of higher education participating in any program under this title shall 
develop and make available, including on the institution's website, a 
statement of policy concerning expectant and parenting students, which 
shall include, at a minimum--
            ``(1) the institution's policy regarding leaves of absence 
        related to pregnancy (and related medical conditions), and the 
        birth or adoption of a child, which shall include--
                    ``(A) any policies related to the availability of 
                parental leave; and
                    ``(B) options, including time requirements, for 
                making up missed work for students who take a leave of 
                absence;
            ``(2) information regarding lactation accommodations 
        available to students;
            ``(3) a description of the process for requesting 
        accommodations, and the type of accommodations available to 
        expectant and parenting students, including--
                    ``(A) information on accommodations for pregnancy-
                related medical conditions; and
                    ``(B) information on accommodations for students 
                who have parental responsibilities;
            ``(4) information regarding financial aid eligibility for 
        expectant and parenting students, including--
                    ``(A) the availability of dependent care allowances 
                for a parenting student for the purposes of determining 
                the student's cost of attendance;
                    ``(B) the ability to change dependency status, 
                including during an award year, following the birth of 
                a child;
                    ``(C) the availability of and eligibility 
                requirements for any emergency financial aid programs 
                provided by the institution; and
                    ``(D) an explanation of the effect that a leave of 
                absence may have on a student's demonstration of 
                satisfactory academic progress, including for the 
                purposes of eligibility to participate in financial aid 
                programs under this title;
            ``(5) information on available student support services, 
        programs, and community resources, such as academic advising, 
        child care (including child care subsidy and assistance 
        programs), housing (including housing subsidies and utility 
        assistance programs), food (including food assistance 
        programs), public benefits, health care, health insurance, 
        mental health, transportation benefits, mentoring, and other 
        services available for expectant and parenting students, both 
        on-campus and in the community, and under local, State, and 
        Federal law;
            ``(6) information regarding the availability of on-campus 
        housing that permits students to live with dependents;
            ``(7) information on the rights and protections that are 
        guaranteed to expectant and parenting students under applicable 
        Federal and State laws;
            ``(8) the institution's procedures for addressing 
        complaints under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
        (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), including procedures for reporting 
        complaints under such title;
            ``(9) the institution's procedures for addressing 
        complaints alleging discrimination based on a pregnancy-related 
        disability under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
        (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) or the Americans with Disabilities Act 
        of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), including procedures for 
        reporting complaints under such laws; and
            ``(10) the contact information for the institution's Office 
        of Accessibility, the institution's Title IX coordinator, and 
        any other relevant staff members who serve as a point of 
        contact for, or offer services available to, expectant and 
        parenting students.''.
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