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...
Updated October 1, 2024 As the Pregnant Scholar team recently reported, the Department of Education’s 2024 Title IX rules have been the subject of ongoing litigation. Due to these legal challenges, courts have temporarily blocked the federal government from enforcing the new Title IX regulations in...
In the past week, two federal judges have issued rulings in response to challenges to the new Title IX regulations from the Department of Education. Jessica Lee, Director of the Pregnant Scholar Initiative and incoming Co-Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Law...
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 protects pregnant and parenting students, serving as a key tool in the effort to ensure women have access to education. But until recently, many people were unfamiliar with Title IX outside of its effects on athletics and...
Title IX, the federal law banning sex discrimination in education, prohibits discrimination related to pregnancy and marital status, including discrimination against college students and employees who are pregnant outside of marriage, divorced, or have had an abortion. The federal law also requires universities to ensure...
Texas just enacted several groundbreaking new laws to protect pregnant and parenting college students at public institutions of higher education! While the protections only cover some aspects of student’s education, we’re celebrating as Texas is now one of just a few states to explicitly protect...
The Pregnant Scholar is deeply troubled by the Department of Education’s recently announced delay in updating its Title IX rule. As the nation's legal resource center dedicated to protecting the rights of pregnant and parenting postsecondary students, we have seen the dire need for stronger legal...
In June, the Department of Education released its proposal for new Title IX rules. These regulations, if adopted, will clearly articulate the rights of pregnant students and the steps that colleges and universities nationwide must take to protect them. The Pregnant Scholar Initiative at the...
