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The bill makes it easier for expectant, parenting, and disabled students to find and use leave, accommodations, and support services (reducing financial-aid surprises and improving retention) while imposing additional administrative, compliance, and legal burdens on colleges—especially smaller institutions.
Expectant and parenting college students (including pregnant students and student-parents) get clear, centralized information about leave, lactation, accommodations, and supports, improving their ability to stay enrolled and complete their degrees.
Students (especially low-income students) receive transparent information on how leaves and related actions affect Title IV eligibility and satisfactory academic progress, reducing the risk of unexpected loss of federal financial aid.
Students with pregnancy-related disabilities and other disabilities gain clearer information about rights and processes under Section 504/ADA and Title IX, improving access to accommodations and avenues to raise complaints when rights are denied.
Colleges and universities — particularly small or resource-constrained institutions — will face added administrative and compliance costs to develop, maintain, and update required policies and website postings, potentially diverting limited resources from other programs.
Institutions may face increased formal complaints, investigations, and legal exposure because the requirement to explain legal rights and complaint procedures can lead more students to file grievances or pursue enforcement actions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires Title IV institutions to publish online pregnancy and parenting policies, accommodations, financial-aid effects, and resource information for expectant and parenting students.
Requires every college or university that participates in federal Title IV student aid programs to create and post an online policy and resource page for expectant and parenting students. The required information must explain leave options for pregnancy/birth/adoption, make-up work procedures, lactation and other accommodations, financial aid effects and supports, on-campus dependent housing, legal rights (Title IX, ADA/Section 504), and campus and community resources.
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish notification requirements for policies and information concerning expectant and parenting students, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 12, 2025 by Lucy Mcbath · Last progress June 12, 2025