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Pregnancy AND PARENTING Support

Title IX protects students and employees from discrimination based on pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions. Edmonds College will provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and lactating students and employees unless the accommodation would "fundamentally alter" the nature of the college's program or activity. 

Academic Supportive Measures

Students who are pregnant, recovering from childbirth, lactating, or experiencing any condition related to pregnancy (i.e. morning sickness, fatigue, nausea, prenatal or postpartum depression, mastitis, etc.) may request academic supportive measures. When a request for academic measures is submitted by a student, the Title IX team will work closely with various campus partners to ensure the provision of reasonable and appropriate academic measures. Students who are not the birth-parent can also request accommodations. 

Academic accommodations may include, but are not limited to:

  • making up assignments that were missed due to a pregnancy-related reason
  • allowances for the pregnant student's health and safety (e.g. maintaining a safe distance from hazardous substances)
  • excused absences for medically necessary reasons
  • withdrawal from an educational program
  • breaks during class to take care of pregnancy-related health needs, like eating, drinking, using the restroom, or expressing milk
  • access to online or remote educational programs
  • changes in schedule or course sequence
  • extensions of time on coursework
  • rescheduling of tests and exams
  • allowing you to sit or stand
  • allowing you to carry water or keep water nearby
  • counseling
  • changes in physical space or supplies, like a larger desk or footrest
  • protective gear, such as for science labs

Lactation Accommodations

Edmonds College is committed to supporting faculty, staff, and students who need to either breastfeed or express milk for their child on campus during hours of operation, by providing a lactation room, adequate break time for employees to breastfeed or express milk, and information to students and employees regarding their rights and the locations of lactation rooms.

Adequate break time for breastfeeding or lactating employees should accommodate the time to walk to and from the lactation room as well as retrieve, set up, wash, and clean a pump or other breastfeeding supplies, as well as expressing or storing milk. Requests should be made to managers for adequate break time.

While students should breastfeed or pump between classes if possible, reasonable academic supportive measures will be provided to ensure that students do not incur an academic penalty due to expressing milk or breastfeeding. Requests for reasonable academic supportive measures can be made directly to faculty members. If you prefer, you may also make the request to the Title IX Coordinator.

The Edmonds College designated lactation room is located in Brier Hall, Rm 246. To use the room, please visit the front desk in either Brier 154 or 252. If this designated lactation room will not work for you, you may work with the Title IX Coordinator to find another location on campus that meets the minimum requirements and is a reasonable lactation room. 
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