Resources

CA State Laws & Guidance Materials

• Cal State Chancellor's Office Guidance. [Feb 21, 2023]. LINK

• AB-2881. Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children. [Sept 30, 2022]. LINK.

• AB-809. Public postsecondary education: child development programs: priority enrollment: Title IX protection: pregnancy and parental status. [Sept 6, 2019]. LINK.

• AB-2785. Student services: lactation accommodations. [Sept 20, 2018]. LINK.

Pregnant and Parenting Student Initiatives

Ascend at the Aspen Institute

• Tapping the Talent of Student Parents: A Playbook for Postsecondary Leaders (April 2023)

Generation Hope

Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)-Student Parent Success Initiative

The Pregnant Scholar

The CalWorks Association / Project SPARC

Urban Institute

Student-Parent Families at the Center

• Roadmap for Change to Support Pregnant and Parenting Students (Dec 2022) report LINK

Data-to-Action Campaign for Parenting Students

• https://www.urban.org/projects/data-action-campaign-parenting-students

Research-California Student Parents

• A Policy Agenda for California Student Parents, California Competes. (Aug 26, 2021). LINK.

• Bright Spot from the Field-Identifying and Supporting Student Parents at Fresno State, The Education Trust-West. (Jun 29, 2021). LINK.

• Hear by Voice II: Supporting Success for Parenting and Unhoused Women of Color, The Education Trust-West (Nov, 2017). LINK.

• Planning Double Duty: Help student parents succeed by creating a family-friendly campus culture (at Cal Poly Pomona) by Dávila et al. The Society for College and University Planning. (Oct-Dec, 2021). LINK.

• Classes, Cradles and Careers: How data can address equity gaps for parenting students by M. Kerrick at Education Insights Center. (n.d.). LINK.

Research-CA Community College Student Parents

• Like a Juggler: The experiences of racially minoritized student parents in a California community college by Huerta et al. UC Davis Wheelhouse. (Mar 2021). LINK.

• A Portrait of Student Parents in the California Community Colleges: A new analysis of financial aid seekers with dependent children by Reed et al. UC Davis Wheelhouse (Mar 2021). LINK.

Legislation

• State Bill 564 Oregon State Legislature (2021). Relating to student demographic data at post-secondary institutions of education. LINK.