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Title IX is still here!

Title IX is still here!

As federal changes take shape, stay on top of compliance and best practice. Visit our updated resources and sign up for training.

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AB2881 Toolkit for California Campuses

AB2881 Toolkit for California Campuses

California has enacted a new law to support parenting college students! Learn more about AB 2881 and how your campus can implement it using our tools.

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The Pregnant Scholar team is here to help pregnant and parenting students understand their legal rights.

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For Students & Postdocs

Learn how Title IX protects pregnant and parenting college students from discrimination and guarantees leave and accommodations.

For Faculty

Discover faculty obligations to comply with Title IX’s accommodation and leave requirements in your classroom or lab.

For Administrators

Use our resources and Model Policy as examples of how to satisfy Title IX rules and provide strong support for students at your college or university.

What We Do

The Pregnant Scholar Initiative is the nation’s first and only legal resource center for pregnant and parenting students. We aim to create an educational system where no student is asked to choose between their education and their family. The Pregnant Scholar’s team provides technical assistance to college and university administrators, faculty, and students, training on Title IX’s pregnancy-related protections, and assistance implementing best practice policies to support pregnant and parenting students. We share strategies that center student voice, destigmatize pregnancy and parenthood in academia, secure legal rights for students, and integrate family-responsive practices into the campus environment. Our work uses an intersectional framework, and it is guided and reinforced by our commitment to striving for gender, racial, and disability justice.

Learn more about the project here.

News and Updates

The Pregnant Scholar team is celebrating the introduction of California bill AB 1098. This bill, sponsored by CA Higher Education Committee Chair Mike Fong, would ban discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and parental status in higher ed, and put into California law critical protections......

President Trump signed an Executive Order today to dismantle much of the U.S. Department of Education (ED).  “The order is an affront to our children and the future of our country,” said Jessica Lee, Co-Director of WorkLife Law and Co-Founder of WorkLife Law’s Pregnant Scholar......

On January 9, a federal district judge in Kentucky vacated the 2024 Title IX Rule for the entire country. “This shameful decision puts pregnant and postpartum students, and millions of others, in harm’s way,” said Jessica Lee, Co-Director of the Center for WorkLife Law and co-founder of the Center’s Pregnant Scholar Initiative. “Without the protections offered by the 2024 Title IX regulations, pregnant students will struggle to get the accommodations and leave they need to both stay healthy and continue their education.”...

2024 Title IX Rule vacated by federal court! To learn more and be the first to receive our updated materials, visit our Title IX Updates page.
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