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JIE Education of Pregnant and or Parenting Students

File: JIE 
 
EDUCATION OF PREGNANT AND/OR PARENTING STUDENTS 

The School Committee wishes to preserve educational opportunities for those students who may become pregnant and/or take on parenting responsibilities.  
Pregnant students are permitted to remain in regular classes and participate in extracurricular activities with non-pregnant students throughout their pregnancy, and after giving birth are permitted to return to the same academic and extracurricular program as before the leave. 

The school district does not require a pregnant student to obtain the certification of a physician that the student is physically and emotionally able to continue in school. 

Every effort will be made to see that the educational program of the student is disrupted as little as possible; that health counseling services, as well as instruction, are offered; that return to school after leave is encouraged; and that every opportunity to complete high school is provided. 
 
LEGAL REFS.:
  • M.G.L. 71:84
  • Title IX: 20 U.S.C. § 1681
  • 34 CFR § 106.40(b)
 
Adopted: 12/1/2022

 

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