Articles - The Pregnant Scholar

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California’s AB 1784 Passes!

Great news! California’s AB 1784 (Pellerin) has passed both the Assembly and the Senate and is now heading to Governor Newsom for his...

20 August, 2026

Department of Education resolutions fall to a new low

Early this year, we shared the unsettling news that the Department of Education ("ED") reached a record low for Title IX case resolutions...

23 July, 2026

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Back to School Trainings

Need a refresher on how to handle student pregnancy accommodation and parental leave requests? Have new staff? Pregnant Scholar's back to school sessions will give...

20 July, 2026

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Celebrating California’s New Legislation to Protect Students

2026 UPDATE: The legislation profiled below was not successful in 2025, however, a bill modeled on it has now been introduced in the...

02 April, 2026

Pregnant Scholar Research Finds Trump’s Department of Education Has Resolved Zero Cases of Sexual Harassment, Assault, or Pregnancy Discrimination

New research from the Pregnant Scholar at UC Law SF's Center for WorkLife Law reveals that the U.S. Department of Education did not...

02 February, 2026

President Trump’s Order to Dismantle ED: Our Statement

President Trump signed an Executive Order today to dismantle much of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). “The order is an affront to...

20 March, 2025