Register Now: Keeping Pregnant and Parenting Students on Track for Success

Are you:
•    A student that is pregnant or has been pregnant while attending school, whether at the high school or post-secondary level?
•    A member of the school community who wants to ensure that pregnant and parenting students do not experience discrimination but instead stay in school and succeed?
•    Someone who works with students or advocates for young mothers’ rights?

If so, these facts may not surprise you: Only 51% of teen mothers earn a high school diploma by age 22, as compared to 89% of their peers who do not parent children as teens. 

This pattern – a result of the many barriers pregnant and parenting students face, including discrimination by their schools – has severe short-and long-term consequences for the economic success and well-being of these students, their families, their communities, and our nation.

But Title IX outlaws schools from discriminating against students based on their sex, which includes pregnancy and related conditions, parental status, and marital status. Discrimination of this type can diminish a teen’s ability to benefit from an educational program and can even push her out of school altogether.

Whether you’re a student, guardian, educator, counselor, or community member, our experts on Title IX can help answer your questions and explain the law. Get more information about protections from discrimination against students. Join us on Wednesday, August 10 at 3pm Eastern for a free conference call: Know Your Rights: A Conference Call for Pregnant and Parenting Students!

Check out our new fact sheet: Pregnant and Parenting Students' Rights: FAQs for College and Graduate Students