[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1966 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1966
To establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible
institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and
parenting student services offices for pregnant students, parenting
students, prospective parenting students who are anticipating a birth
or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for
adoption.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 7, 2005
Mrs. Dole introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible
institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and
parenting student services offices for pregnant students, parenting
students, prospective parenting students who are anticipating a birth
or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for
adoption.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and
Parenting Student Services Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Eligible institution of higher education.--The term
``eligible institution of higher education'' means an
institution of higher education (as such term is defined in
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001)) that has established and operates, or agrees to
establish and operate upon the receipt of a grant under this
Act, a pregnant and parenting student services office described
in section 5.
(2) Parent; parenting.--The terms ``parent'' and
``parenting'' refer to a parent or legal guardian of a minor.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Education.
SEC. 3. PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENT SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM.
From amounts appropriated under section 7 for a fiscal year, the
Secretary shall establish a pilot program to award grants to eligible
institutions of higher education to enable the eligible institutions to
establish (or maintain) and operate pregnant and parenting student
services offices in accordance with section 5.
SEC. 4. APPLICATION; NUMBER OF GRANTS.
(a) Application.--An eligible institution of higher education that
desires to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require
(b) Requests for Additional Information.--The Secretary may require
an eligible institution submitting an application under subsection (a)
to provide additional information if the Secretary determines such
information is necessary to process the application.
(c) Number of Grants.--The Secretary shall award grants under this
Act to not more than 200 eligible institutions of higher education.
SEC. 5. USE OF FUNDS.
(a) In General.--An eligible institution of higher education that
receives a grant under this Act shall use grant funds to establish (or
maintain) and operate a pregnant and parenting student services office,
located on the campus of the eligible institution, that carries out the
following programs and activities:
(1) Hosts an initial pregnancy and parenting resource
forum--
(A) to assess available pregnancy and parenting
resources located on the campus or within the local
community; and
(B) to set goals for--
(i) improved services for pregnant,
parenting, and prospective parenting students;
and
(ii) improved access to such services.
(2) Annually assesses the performance of the eligible
institution and the office in meeting the following needs of
students enrolled in the eligible institution who are pregnant
or are parents:
(A) Student health care that includes maternity
coverage and makes available riders for additional
family members.
(B) Family housing.
(C) Child care.
(D) Flexible or alternative academic scheduling,
such as telecommuting programs.
(E) Education concerning responsible parenting for
mothers and fathers, and education supporting healthy
marriages.
(F) Resources for pregnant women and children, such
as maternity and baby clothing, baby food (including
formula), and baby furniture.
(G) Post-partum counseling and support groups.
(3) Identifies public and private service providers,
located on the campus of the eligible institution or within the
local community, that are qualified to meet the needs described
in paragraph (2), and establishes programs with qualified
providers to meet such needs.
(4) Assists pregnant and parenting students in locating and
obtaining services that meet the needs described in paragraph
(2).
(5) If appropriate, provides referrals for prenatal care
and delivery, infant or foster care, or adoption, to a student
who requests such information. An office shall make such
referrals only to service providers that primarily serve the
following types of individuals:
(A) Parents.
(B) Prospective parents awaiting adoption.
(C) Women who are pregnant and plan on parenting or
placing the child for adoption.
(D) Parenting or prospective parenting couples who
are married or who plan on marrying in order to provide
a supportive environment for each other and their
child.
(b) Expanded Services.--In carrying out the programs and activities
described in subsection (a), an eligible institution of higher
education receiving a grant under this Act may choose to provide access
to such programs and activities to a pregnant or parenting employee of
the eligible institution.
SEC. 6. REPORTING.
(a) Annual Report by Institutions.--
(1) In general.--For each fiscal year that an eligible
institution of higher education receives a grant under this
Act, the eligible institution shall prepare and submit to the
Secretary, by the date determined by the Secretary, a report
that--
(A) itemizes the pregnant and parenting student
services office's expenditures for the fiscal year;
(B) contains a review and evaluation of the
performance of the office in fulfilling the
requirements of this Act, using the specific
performance criteria or standards established under
paragraph (2)(A); and
(C) describes the achievement of the office in
meeting the needs listed in section 5(a)(2) of the
students served by the eligible institution, and the
frequency of use of the office by such students.
(2) Performance criteria.--Not later than 180 days before
the date the annual report described in paragraph (1) is
submitted, the Secretary--
(A) shall identify the specific performance
criteria or standards that shall be used to prepare the
report; and
(B) may establish the form or format of the report.
(3) Additional information.--After reviewing an annual
report of an eligible institution of higher education, the
Secretary may require that the eligible institution provide
additional information if the Secretary determines that such
additional information is necessary to evaluate the pilot
program.
(b) Report by Secretary.--The Secretary shall annually prepare and
submit a report on the findings of the pilot program under this Act,
including the number of eligible institutions of higher education that
were awarded grants and the number of students served by each pregnant
and parenting services office receiving funds under this Act, to the
appropriate committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
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