Title IX Pregnant and Parenting Students
In accordance with Title IX and Texas Education Code Section 51.982, Grayson College provides reasonable accommodations to students who are pregnant, parenting, or pregnancy related conditions.
For more information on your rights and accommodations, request an accommodation below or reach out to the pregnant/parenting liaison.
Barbara Malone
Pregnant and Parenting Student Liaison
maloneb
[at] grayson [dot] edu
Protections for Pregnant and Parenting Students
Texas State institutions of higher educations may not require a pregnant or parenting student, solely because of the student's status as a pregnant or parenting student or due to issues related to the student's pregnancy or parenting, to:
- take a leave of absence or withdraw from the student's degree or certificate program;
- limit the student's studies;
- participate in an alternative program;
- change the student's major, degree, or certificate program;
- refrain from joining or cease participating in any course, activity, or program at the institution.
Medical and Safety Accommodations
Grayson college shall provide reasonable accommodations to a pregnant student, including accommodations that:
- would be provided to a student with a temporary medical condition; or
- are related to the health and safety of the student and the student's unborn child, such as allowing the student to maintain a safe distance from substances, areas, and activities
Grayson College will, for reasons related to a student's pregnancy, childbirth, or any resulting medical status or condition:
- excuse the student's absence;
- allow the student to make up missed assignments or assessments;
- allow the student additional time to complete assignments in the same manner as the institution allows for a student with a temporary medical condition; and
- provide the student with access to instructional materials and video recordings of lectures for classes for which the student has an excused absence under this section to the same extent that instructional materials and video recordings of lectures are made available to any other student with an excused absence.