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The bill ensures pregnant, parenting, and prospective students get yearly information and complaint guidance to access support and enforce rights, but it creates recurring administrative costs and compliance burdens for institutions and restricts the Department of Education’s ability to expand protections in the future.
Students who are pregnant or may become pregnant (including women and parenting students) will receive clear, annual information about campus and community resources to carry a pregnancy to term and care for a baby.
Students (including those who are pregnant or parenting) will be informed each year about how to file Title IX complaints with their school and the Department of Education if they experience discrimination for choosing to carry a pregnancy to term.
Prospective and part-time students are explicitly included in the notice requirements, increasing access to information for nontraditional and planning-to-enroll students.
Colleges and universities must spend staff time and resources each year to compile, update, and distribute the required materials, creating ongoing administrative costs for institutions.
Institutions may face more Title IX complaints and greater administrative burden from processing those complaints and providing required guidance, increasing compliance workload for schools and potential friction with students.
A rule of construction prevents the Secretary of Education from requiring additional information or establishing protections beyond this subsection, which could limit future expansions of protections or resources for pregnant students.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires colleges and universities that take federal student aid (Title IV) to give prospective and enrolled students clear, annual information about rights, accommodations, and campus and community resources for carrying a pregnancy to term and parenting after birth. The information must include lists of resources, available accommodations, and instructions for filing complaints with both the institution and the Department of Education. Institutions must share this information at least once per academic year by email to enrolled students and make it available in handbooks, orientations, student health or counseling centers (if any), and on their public website. The Secretary of Education is explicitly barred from requiring additional information or creating new rights beyond what this law sets out.
Introduced December 2, 2025 by Ashley Hinson · Last progress January 26, 2026