Pregnant & Parenting Students

We’ll work with parents and expecting parents to keep your education accessible.
Student Life Resources
contact Phone: 254.501.5909 Email: [email protected] Location & Hours: Warrior Hall
1st Floor, Suite 105
M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
contact Phone: 254.501.5909 Email: [email protected] Location & Hours: Warrior Hall
1st Floor, Suite 105
M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Overview

A&M–Central Texas is committed to creating a learning environment that is accessible to pregnant and parenting students. Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex, including pregnancy and sex-based harassment, in employment, educational programs, and activities. This includes harassment and discrimination against a student based on pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, or lactation, as well as any related medical conditions or recovery therefrom.

We will provide reasonable accommodations and supportive measures due to pregnancy and/or related conditions. The University will allow access, on a voluntary basis, to any separate and comparable portion of a program or activity. The University will also allow a voluntary leave of absence, ensure the availability of lactation space, and maintain grievance procedures to provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of complaints of sex discrimination.

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Title IX mandates that universities (1) offer supportive measures to students are who pregnant or have related conditions and (2) allow students who are pregnant to return to their same academic and extracurricular status as before their pregnancy.

Request Pregnancy/Parenting Support View the Parenting Warrior Bull Newsletter

Notice of Non-Discrimination 2024-2025

Texas A&M University–Central Texas is committed to providing a safe and nondiscriminatory learning, living, and working environments for all members of the University community.

Student Parent Liaison

The Student Parent Liaison is a staff member in the Division of Student Affairs who is responsible for providing current and incoming parenting students with information regarding supportive measures and other resources available to parenting students at the university.

Contact

The Warrior Hall at Texas A&M University-Central Texas.
STudent Affairs

Office/Room: Warrior Hall-105
Phone: 254.501.5909
Email: [email protected]

Accommodations and Supportive Measures

Academic Accommodations and supportive measures provided:

The following is a non-exhaustive list of reasonable accommodations and supportive measures provided under Title IX:

  • Excused absences and medical leave that are deemed medically necessary for pregnancy or related conditions. The Division of Student Affairs will work with both the student and the student’s instructors to create a plan for completion of course work and continuation of the student’s education. Individual plans may be adjusted as circumstances change.
  • Opportunity to make up any work missed due to medically necessary absences for pregnancy
  • Breaks during class to attend to health needs or express breastmilk
  • Accessible to online resources
  • Changes in schedule or course sequence
  • Counseling
  • Reasonable adjustments to an education program or activity which include, but are not limited to:
    • Accessible seating
    • Appropriate restroom breaks

Documentation

A student seeking accommodations or supportive measures, adjustments, or requesting excused absences related to pregnancy will need to provide official documentation from the student’s physician/medical provider. This letter must include dates for excused absences and a statement that absences are deemed medically necessary and/or other information to support the need for adjustment or accommodations.

Documentation may be provided here: Submit Documentation Online

Documentation may also be submitted in-person to Student Affairs, WH 105.

Lactation

TAMUCT will allow reasonable breaks to students and employees for lactation. TAMUCT will ensure the availability of a clean, private, non-bathroom, space for lactation that is shielded from view and free from the intrusion of others. Discrimination based on lactation or related medical conditions is prohibited.

Lactation Rooms On-Campus

Building and Room Number

Availability

Amenities and Access

Warrior Hall, Room 106

Sun – Sat
7:30am-11:30pm

WH 106 is a designated lactation room equipped with comfortable chairs, a flat surface table, electrical outlets, a sink, soap and hand towel dispenser, a changing station, a shared refrigerator, and a larger trash disposal unit. For more information, please contact Dr. Paul York at (254) 501.5909 or call Student Affairs at (254) 501.5909.

State Resources

Early Childhood Texas

Resources and Support for you and your children as they grow and develop. Contact: [email protected]

Visit Early Childhood Texas website

Texas Health & Human Services

Texas Health & Human Services — which includes the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of State Health Services — has hundreds of programs and services that help more than 7.5 million Texans a month live better lives, and it is a strong foundation of dedicated people who make it happen every day.

Visit Texas Health and Human Services Website

Your Texas Benefits

  • SNAP Food Benefits: Helps families for good health.
  • TANF Cash Help: Helps families with children age 18 and under for basic needs.
  • Health Care: Helps cover visits to doctors, dentists, and hospitals. Also covers medicines ordered by doctors and dentists.
  • Support Services: Helps people with daily living needs, caregivers, and people with mental health, drug, or alcohol concerns.
  • WIC Food Benefits: Helps pregnant, breastfeeding women and families with children younger than 5 buy healthy foods.
  • Texas Workforce Commission (Child Care & Early Learning Program): The Child Care Services (CCS) program provides scholarships for child care. Child care scholarships are available to help parents work, search for work, or attend school or job training. The CCS program works to inform parents about the availability and benefits of high-quality child care. CCS supports child care providers improve the quality of services through the Texas Rising Star program. CCS supports and encourages child care programs to expand through the Pre-K Partnership program. Telephone: 800.628.5115
  • Healthy Texas Women: From annual exams and family planning to disease screenings and treatments, we’ve made it easier to find the women’s healthcare services you need.

Frequently Asked Questions

Many questions asked by pregnant and parenting students have very nuanced answers and cannot be posted in a FAQ section of a website. Students whose questions are not answered by these FAQs are encouraged to reach out to the Division of Student Affairs and the Deputy Title IX Coordinator or other resources listed below.

Academic Concerns

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Student Academic Conduct Rule on Attendance allow for an excused absence for the time period deemed medically necessary by the student’s physician. You must make each leave request separately, one to each instructor.

Title IX gives you the opportunity to return to the same academic and extracurricular status as before your medical leave began but still expects you to complete the coursework required to receive a final grade. When you return to school after the duration of absence deemed medically necessary by your physician, the department in which you took the course will offer ways to make up missed work, such as retaking a semester, online options if available or timelines for completion of work. You should be allowed to choose how to make up the work from available options.

Students are advised to contact their Academic Advisor (or thesis chair for graduate students) as soon as possible so they may assist in developing a plan, including requesting a No Grade if applicable.

The University is able to work with students to provide special accommodations on a case-by-case basis. Students are encouraged to work with their professors where appropriate for minor accommodations such as larger desks and access to non-public elevators. Staff in the Division of Student Affairs are also available to assist with requesting accommodations.

Students experiencing complications related to pregnancy may qualify for academic accommodations if the complication(s) qualify as an impairment that substantially limits major life activity, or alternatively, whether the student has a record of or is regarded as having such impairment under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

A temporary grade of I (incomplete) at the end of a semester or summer term indicates the student has completed the course with the exception of a major quiz, final examination or single major assignment. The instructor shall give this grade only when the deficiency is due to an approved excused absence. An incomplete is a temporary grade and must be removed before the last day of scheduled classes of the next long semester in which the student enrolls in the university unless the student’s academic dean or designee, with the consent of the instructor, grants a time extension. In the absence of the instructor, the department head may grant a time extension. Failure to complete the required work in the appropriate period of time, or registering for the course again, will result in the I being changed to an F by the University Registrar.

In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, A&M-Central Texas shall treat pregnancy (childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy and recovery therefrom) and related conditions as a justification for an excused absence for so long a period of time as is deemed medically necessary by the student’s physician or medical provider. Requests for leave of absence related to pregnancy should be directed to the instructor; questions about Title IX should be directed to the Title IX Coordinator or Deputy Title IX Coordinator (Associate Dean of Student Affairs).

Financial Concerns

Students receiving student financial aid or scholarships through the University are encouraged to meet with Student Financial Assistance as soon as possible to discuss the specifics of their situation. If the student needs to take a semester off, they can apply for a medical withdrawal. Once they return to school, they can apply to have their financial aid reinstated. Scholarships awarded by donors outside of the University are not protected by Title IX. Students should contact the donor to discuss options. If the donor is willing to accommodate the student’s needs, Student Financial Assistance must receive a written request from the donor.

Childcare Concerns

There are many childcare facilities in the Central Texas region. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) offers a database for parents to search for licensed facilities. Parents are highly encouraged to utilize the database to learn about childcare options in our community and their relative safety. DFPS Childcare Database

June Care connects families who need childcare with local parents who can care for their kids. It’s like childcare and a playdate, all in one! If you’re looking for a way to earn extra income while going to school OR you need flexible childcare to accommodate your class schedule, June Care can help. It’s free to sign up and get matched at junecare.co.

Municipality Childcare Lists

Workforce Solutions of Central Texas offers low-income childcare subsidy through its Child Care Services program. The size of the subsidy is based on the parent or guardian’s income. To be eligible, each parent or guardian living with the child must be employed, in an approved training program, or in school a minimum of 25 hours per week. This program typically has a waitlist and students are encouraged to look into the program as soon as possible. Workforce Solutions of Central Texas Child Care Services

A&M–Central Texas student rules state these types of absences would be considered an excused absence. Students are responsible for providing evidence to the instructor to substantiate the reason for the absence. Students are encouraged to work with the instructor to determine how to make up missed coursework.

Instead of providing your instructor with evidence (physician documentation, missed work/school excuse note), students may also submit that documentation to the Behavioral Intervention Team who will validate the documentation and communicate with the student’s instructors. Documentation may be submitted here: Documentation Submission.

Harassment Concerns

The University is obligated to protect students against harassment based on their pregnancy or related condition if the harassment is persistent or pervasive enough to interfere with the student’s ability to benefit from the University program or activity. Comments that could constitute harassment include sexual comments related to the student’s pregnancy, sexually charged names, spreading rumors.

Additional Resources and Information

Students who believe they have experienced discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment/sex-based misconduct, and/or related retaliation are encouraged to contact the
Title IX Office: [email protected], (254) 519.5716.

Students may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20202-1100 or fax a complaint to (202) 453-6012.

Learn more about Title IX at Texas A&M University–Central Texas and the Office of Institutional Compliance.

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Contact us by phone, email or visit us in person.
We are located in Warrior Hall, 1st floor, Suite 105. M-F 8 a.m to 5 p.m.



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