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HR 4265 109th Congress House

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2005

Official title: To establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and parenting student s… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: February 14, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Mar 24, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Nov 9, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 9, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 24, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) pregnant college students should not have to make a choice between keeping their baby and staying in school; (2) the pilot program under this Act will help institutions of higher education to establish offices that will operate independent of federal funding within five years after enactment of this Act; and (3) amounts appropriated to carry out other federal programs should be reduced to offset the costs of this Act.

Directs the Secretary of Education 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 anticipating a birth or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for adoption.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 1
Fortuno, Luis
· Mar 2, 2006
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 14, 2006
MOLLOHAN, ALAN
· Feb 14, 2006
Murphy, Tim
· Feb 14, 2006
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 10, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4265: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4265/
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"H.R. 4265: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4265/.
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