Helping Student Parents Succeed Act

This bill, the Helping Student Parents Succeed Act, makes colleges and universities that receive federal student aid clearly post and share their policies and resources for students who are pregnant or parenting. Schools would need to put this information on their websites and in other materials, including details about leave for pregnancy, birth, or adoption and how students can make up missed work.

It also requires schools to list the help that’s available, like lactation spaces, how to request accommodations for pregnancy-related needs or parenting duties, and where to find child care, housing, food, health care, mental health, and transportation support on campus and in the community. Schools must explain financial aid options (such as dependent care allowances, changing dependency status after a birth, emergency aid, and how a leave affects satisfactory academic progress) and provide contact info for offices that handle accessibility and Title IX, along with how to report discrimination or complaints.

• Who is affected: College students who are pregnant or parenting, and colleges that participate in federal student aid programs.
• What changes: Schools must post a clear policy and resource list, including leave options, accommodations, lactation support, financial aid details, student services, housing with dependents, legal rights, and complaint/reporting procedures, plus contacts for help.
• When: If passed, schools would be required to follow these new notice and information rules.