Title IX Pregnancy-Related Requirements

New Regulation Update

The 2024 Title IX Regulations included the following updates related to pregnancy:

The definition of sex discrimination was expanded to include “sex-based harassment,”

sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, and

related medical conditions and recovery. Schools must inform students and staff of their

rights related to pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions.

 

Reporting a Pregnancy or Related Condition

When a student, or a person who has a legal right to act on behalf of the student,

informs an employee of the student’s pregnancy or related conditions, the employee

must promptly provide that person with the Title IX director's contact information

and inform that person that the Title IX director can provide supportive measures.

This notification requirement doesn’t apply if the employee reasonably believes that the

Title IX director has been notified.

 

School employees aren’t required to ask students about their pregnancy or about their

needs or medical status. 

 

Carol D. Branch, Ph.D.
Director of Title IX and Civil Rights Officer
707-654-1178
cbranch@csum.edu