Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Jun 12, 2025
What it does
The Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act of 2025 would require the Commissioner of Education Statistics to establish a common definition of "parenting student" and develop new data elements for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to collect detailed information on student parents and caregivers, including enrollment, retention, completion rates, financial aid use, childcare access, and demographic breakdowns. It would also mandate the Secretary of Education to conduct a study on best practices that improve outcomes for student parents and caregivers, with findings reported to Congress and made public within two years of enactment. The bill affects institutions of…
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Where it goes next
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