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The bill increases pregnant students’ awareness of supports and Title IX remedies—helping them stay in school and seek recourse—while imposing administrative costs on institutions, risking notice fatigue, and potentially constraining future improvements to protections.
Students (including part‑time and pregnant students) will receive clear, repeated information about campus and community pregnancy support services and accommodations (academic, housing, medical), making it more likely they can continue their education and parent after childbirth.
Students will be informed how to file Title IX complaints with the Department of Education, increasing awareness of enforcement options and potential recourse for pregnancy‑related discrimination.
Colleges and universities will incur additional administrative and IT burdens to prepare annual notices, maintain web content, and send emails, which could raise institutional costs.
The bill’s mandated content and a restriction limiting the Secretary’s discretion could prevent institutions or the Department of Education from offering additional or stronger information and protections in the future, potentially limiting improvements to student supports.
Annual required emails and postings risk creating message fatigue, so some students may ignore the notices and fail to access supports when needed.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires institutions receiving federal higher education funds to provide annual, specified information to prospective and enrolled students about rights, accommodations, resources, and complaint options for pregnant students and those carrying pregnancies to term.
Requires colleges and universities that participate in federal higher education programs to give prospective and enrolled students— including part‑time students—clear, regular information about rights, protections, accommodations, and resources for pregnant students and students who choose to carry a pregnancy to term. It prescribes what information must be provided, where and how it must be made available (annual email, handbooks, orientations, health/counseling centers, and the institution’s public website), and explains how students can file complaints with the Department of Education under Title IX and with the institution. Limits the Department of Education Secretary from adding new rights or requiring information beyond what the law lists. The measure focuses on mandated disclosure and accessibility of existing rights and supports rather than creating new entitlements or funding new programs.
Introduced December 2, 2025 by Ashley Hinson · Last progress January 26, 2026