Pregnant and Parenting

South Texas College is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible working and learning environment for all. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a Federal Civil Rights Law, prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities. Title IX protects students in all of the academic, educational, extracurricular, athletic and other programs or activities of schools. This includes discrimination against pregnant and parenting students.

Policy FAA (LOCAL) - Equal Educational Opportunity Pregnant and Parenting Students

South Texas College does not discriminate against any student, or exclude any student from its educational program or activity, including any class or extracurricular activity, on the basis of a student’s pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, or recovery therefrom unless the student requests voluntarily to participate in a separate portion of the program or activity of South Texas College. See 34 C.F.R. 106.40.

Pregnant and Parenting Title IX FAQs

Additional Pregnant and Parenting Services are available from Counseling and Student Accessibility Services.

Students may contact either of the following to receive Pregnant and Parenting services:

Pregnant and Parenting Resources

• U.S. Department of Education, Discrimination Based on Pregnancy and Related Conditions
• U.S. Department of Education, Dear Colleague Letter June 25, 2013
• U.S. Department of Education, Pregnancy or Parental Status
• U.S. Department of Education, Know Your Rights
• U.S. Department of Education, Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students
• U.S. Department of Education, Cómo apoyar el éxito académico de las estudiantes embarazadas y los estudiantes con hijos
• National Women's Law Center, Education and Title IX
• The Pregnant Scholar
• U.S. Department of Education, Notice of Non-Discrimination

Lactation Rooms

A Lactation Room is provided to employees and students at each campus. Each campus has a designated contact who maintains the key to the room and the sign-in log. Please see the contact information below for each campus.

Location	Room Access Contact	After Hours
Pecan Campus H 235 Administrator: Paul Hernandez	Rosie Pena 956-872-3535	Student Info Ctr. 956-872-8311
Mid Valley Campus K 1402 J (*temporary location) Administrator: Danny Montez	Carolina Rodriguez 956-447-6631	Nancy Hernandez 956-358-1332
Starr County Campus E 2.302 Administrator: Art Montiel	Maria Nunez 956-488-5877	Maria Nunez 956-488-5877
Nursing and Allied Health West 1.303 Administrator: Margo Vargas-Ayala	Isabel Garza 956-872-3226	Margo Vargas-Ayala 956-872-3113
Technology Campus C 152 Administrator: Sara Lozano	Linda Alvarado 956-872-6102	Sara Lozano 956-457-6293