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The bill makes it easier for expectant and parenting students to find the supports, legal protections, and financial aid guidance needed to stay enrolled and healthy, but it imposes administrative costs and creates risks from inaccurate information or privacy exposures that institutions and students must manage.
Expectant and parenting students gain centralized, easy-to-find resources (child care, housing, food, healthcare, mental health), increasing their ability to remain enrolled and complete programs.
Students (especially low-income and dependent students) get clear information on how pregnancy, parenting, and related supports affect financial aid (dependency status, dependent care allowances, emergency aid), helping them preserve Title IV eligibility and avoid unexpected aid loss.
Students are informed of legal rights and complaint procedures (Title IX, ADA, Section 504), improving their ability to obtain accommodations and challenge discrimination.
If institutions post inaccurate or incomplete information, students (particularly low-income students) could make enrollment or financial decisions based on wrong assumptions about aid or leave, risking lost aid or interrupted studies.
Colleges and universities will incur administrative costs to develop, update, and maintain comprehensive policies and web pages, which could divert institutional resources and potentially lead to minor tuition or fee increases.
Publicly posting contact information and some accommodation details could raise privacy risks for students if sensitive case details are mishandled or inadvertently disclosed.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires every college or university that participates in Title IV federal student aid programs to create and post online a comprehensive expectant and parenting student policy. The posted policy must describe pregnancy-related leave and makeup-work options, lactation accommodations, processes for pregnancy-related medical and parental-responsibility accommodations, effects on financial aid eligibility (including dependent care allowances and changing dependency status), available student supports and community resources, housing options for students with dependents, rights under federal and state law, and complaint contact information for accessibility and Title IX offices. Applies to all institutions participating in Title IV programs and must be published on the institution's website; the bill sets information and publication requirements but does not appropriate new federal funds or create new federal programs.
Introduced June 12, 2025 by Lucy Mcbath · Last progress June 12, 2025