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S 3627 - Pregnant Students' Rights Act - National Key Vote

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Title: Pregnant Students' Rights Act

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed with a bill that requires institutions of higher education to provide information to students on the rights and resources available to help pregnant students carry a baby to term.

Highlights:

  • Requires each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs to provide certain information to prospective and enrolled students on the rights and resources for pregnant students to carry a baby to term or students who may become pregnant while enrolled at the IHE to carry a baby to term (Sec. 2).

  • Specifies that the required information must include the following (Sec. 2):

    • a list of community and on-campus resources that exist to help a pregnant student in carrying the baby to term and caring for the baby after birth;

    • information about the accommodations available to help a pregnant student carry the baby to term and parent the baby after birth; and

    • information on how to file a discrimination complaint related to the student's determination to carry a baby to term.

NOTE: THIS IS A VOTE TO INVOKE CLOTURE ON A MOTION TO PROCEED, WHICH SENDS THE LEGISLATION TO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE FOR DEBATE AND AMENDMENT. A MOTION TO PROCEED ALONE REQUIRES A MAJORITY FOR APPROVAL. HOWEVER, THE MOTION CAN BE FILIBUSTERED, AND WHEN THIS OCCURS, A CLOTURE VOTE IS NECESSARY TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO PROCEED. A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY OF THE SENATE IS NECESSARY TO INVOKE CLOTURE.

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