Pregnant and Parenting Resources

On this page:

• Overview
• Pregnant and Parenting Resources
• Lactation Room Locations
• Resources for Persons with Disabilities
• Single-Occupant/Family Restroom
   

Overview

Pregnancy is specially protected in Wright State University’s Non-Discrimination Policy which specifically states, “Wright State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin (ancestry), military status (past, present or future), disability, age (40 years or older), status as a parent during pregnancy and immediately after the birth of a child, status as a parent of a young child, status as a nursing mother, status as a foster parent, genetic information, or sexual orientation, as those terms are defined in Ohio law, federal law, and previous Executive Orders.

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is responsible for enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted programs and activities. These laws include Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), which prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational programs or activities. All public and private educational institutions that receive any federal financial assistance (“schools”) must comply with this law. Title IX protects students in all of the academic, educational, extracurricular, athletic, and other programs or activities of schools. This includes pregnant and parenting students.

ED’s regulation implementing Title IX specifically prohibits discrimination against a student based on pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, or recovery from any of these conditions.  Under Title IX, it is illegal for schools to exclude a pregnant or parenting student from participating in any part of an educational program.   In addition, a school must excuse a student’s absences because of pregnancy or childbirth for as long as the student’s doctor deems medically necessary. When a student returns to school, they must be allowed to return to the same academic and extracurricular status as before their medical leave began.

Of note, the Department of Education specifically addresses how to handle absences and missed work due to pregnancy or childbirth in the 2020 Title IX regulations. In accordance with Title IX, when a student returns to school, they must be reinstated to the status they held when the leave began, which should include giving them the opportunity to make up any work missed. A school may offer the student alternatives to making up missed work, such as retaking a semester or allowing the student additional time in a program to continue at the same pace and finish at a later date. The student should be allowed to choose how to make up the work. Should teachers at the school have their own policies about attendance and make-up work, the school must ensure that the policies and practices of individual teachers do not discriminate against pregnant students. (34 C.F.R §106.40)

 

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Pregnant and Parenting Resources

• Office of Civil Rights Guidelines
• Pregnancy Modification Resources
• Lactation Rooms on Dayton’s Campus

 

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Lactation Room Locations

A person is entitled to breast-feed their baby in any location of a place of public accommodation, wherein the parent otherwise is permitted. (Ohio Law 3781.55).

For all rooms, please place the sign on the outside of the door handle when in use.

 

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Resources for Persons with Disabilities

Campus Resources

Wright State University Office of Disability Services

Campus ADA Coordinator: 

Tom Webb
​Wright State University
University Hall 180
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435-0001
(937) 775-5680
ada@wright.edu

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations
 

National Resources

Disability and Abuse Project

 

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Single-Occupant/Family Restroom

• Allyn/Millett Hall
  • First floor near vending
• Student Success Center
  • First floor near 104
  • Second floor near 210
• Campus Recreation
  • Two single-use locker rooms
• Tom Hanks Center
  • Two on the first floor, left of entrance
• Creative Arts Center
  • First floor, near arts and history entrance
• White Hall
  • First floor, near student lounge
• Joshi Research Center
  • Second floor near 270
  • Fourth floor near 460
• Nutter Center
  • Second floor