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Pregnant and Parenting Students

Title IX prohibits discrimination against 泡芙视频apps based on pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, or recovery from any of these conditions. Schools are required to treat pregnant and parenting 泡芙视频apps the same way they treat those with temporary medical conditions.

When a 泡芙视频app informs a USF employee of their pregnancy or related condition, that employee must promptly provide the 泡芙视频app with the Title IX Coordinator鈥檚 contact information and inform the 泡芙视频app that the Title IX Coordinator can coordinate specific actions to prevent sex discrimination and ensure equal access to USF鈥檚 education program or activity.

Students or employees who wish to request reasonable adjustments should contact the Title IX Coordinator. 

USF will provide appropriate, reasonable adjustments to educational programs and activities to support pregnant and parenting 泡芙视频apps, including but not limited to:

  • The 泡芙视频app must excuse a 泡芙视频app鈥檚 absence because of pregnancy or childbirth for as long as the 泡芙视频app鈥檚 doctor deems the absences medically necessary. This must be granted irrespective of classroom attendance requirements set by a faculty member, department, college, or division.
  • At the conclusion of that period, the 泡芙视频app must be given a reasonable amount of time to make up the work missed and must be allowed to return to the same academic status as before the medically necessary absence.
  • No artificial deadlines or time limitations can be imposed on a request for accommodations, but the 泡芙视频app is limited in its ability to implement accommodations retroactively.
  • A faculty member does not have to fundamentally alter the nature of a program for pregnant or parenting 泡芙视频apps.
  • This only applies to the 泡芙视频app鈥檚 pregnancy or childbirth. Schools are not required to excuse absences so that a father can be present for the birth of the child. However, the Office of Civil Rights recommends this, and it is best practice to implement.
  • Absences due to medical emergencies arising from pregnancy or childbirth may be excused. For example, a father who misses class due to an unplanned and unforeseen emergency C-section can request the absence be excused as a medical emergency.
  • If it is unreasonable for a 泡芙视频app to receive extra time to complete a course, the 泡芙视频app will be given the option to withdraw from the class without penalty.
  • In the event a request for adjustment is received that may be covered by Section 504 or the Rehabilitation Act or the American with Disabilities Act, the request will be determined between the Title IX Coordinator and the Office of Accessibility Services in consultation with the Dean of Students.
  • A faculty member cannot demand from a 泡芙视频app a copy of the medical recommendation given by her doctor.
  • If a 泡芙视频app鈥檚 program requires participating in off-campus programs, such as fieldwork, USF cannot deny that 泡芙视频app participation based on pregnancy.  USF cannot ask for a doctor鈥檚 note for continued participation unless the school requires a note for all 泡芙视频apps who have a medical condition that requires treatment by a doctor.
  • Protections for parenting 泡芙视频apps extend to any parent on the basis of medical necessity related to the health of the parent who gave birth and/or baby during the pregnancy and postpartum period reasonably thereafter.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

  • Reasonable accommodations may include but are not limited to:
  • Providing accommodations requested by a pregnant 泡芙视频app to protect the health and safety of the 泡芙视频app and/or the pregnancy (such as allowing the 泡芙视频app to maintain a safe distance from hazardous substances).
  • Making modification to the physical environment, such as accessible seating.
  • Providing mobility support.
  • Extending deadlines and/or allowing the 泡芙视频app to make up tests or assignments missed for pregnancy-related reasons.
  • Offering remote learning options.
  • Granting leave per the 泡芙视频app鈥檚 medical leave policy or implementing incomplete grades for classes that will be resumed at a future date.
  • Allowing breastfeeding 泡芙视频apps reasonable time and space to pump breast milk in a location that is private, clean, and reasonably accessible. Bathroom stalls do not satisfy this requirement.

LACTATION ROOMS

USF provides several lactation rooms for the purpose of breastfeeding or pumping of breast milk.  If a lactation room is not within a reasonably accessible distance, please contact the Title IX Coordinator for an alternative accommodation.

TAMPA LACTATION ROOMS

  1. USF Library, 3rd floor, Room 348. Check out the key from the Library Services Desk on the 1st floor.
  2. Marshall Student Center, 2nd floor, MSC 2402. For entry, please see information desk attendant on the 1st floor. 
  3. The Well, 1st floor, MDA 1125. To access this room, email USFHealthSSS@health.usf.edu. Your email should include Name, U#, Start Date, End Date.
  4. Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare, 4th floor, MDH 4112. 

ST. PETE LACTATION ROOMS

  1. Lynn Pippenger Hall, 330
  2. Student Life Center, 1103
  3. Davis Hall, 288

BREAST FEEDING GUIDES