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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="4-139" title_number="4" title_name="Local School Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="County Boards of Education">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “parenting student” means a student who is the mother, father, or legal guardian of a child.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall develop a model policy to support the educational and parenting goals and improve the educational outcomes of pregnant and parenting students.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The policy established under subsection (b) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Require each high school to designate a private lactation space in the school that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Includes at least one seating option with a flat surface and electrical outlet nearby to accommodate placement of a breast pump device; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is not a bathroom or closet;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide lactating students with access to a refrigerator located reasonably close to the private lactation space required under item (1) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Require schools to designate at least one staff member to connect, to the extent practicable, pregnant and parenting students with resources to find safe, affordable, and reliable:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Child care and early childhood education services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Transportation services to and from school;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Incorporate the attendance policy for pregnant and parenting students developed under § 7–301.1 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Provide for training of school personnel on policy objectives and requirements; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Be published in the school system’s student handbook.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each county board shall establish a policy to support the educational and parenting goals and improve the educational outcomes of pregnant and parenting students based on the model policy established in subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department shall provide technical assistance to a county board to establish the policy required under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a school to construct an addition or new space to a school building to provide a private lactation space to comply with the requirements of the policy established under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
