# 119-hr-3994: Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act of 2025

119-hr-3994, Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3994
- Congress: 119
- Title: Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates consistent federal data on student parents.** This bill would standardize who counts as a parenting student and require new, detailed data elements and a national study to learn what helps them succeed. - Families and student parents: Student parents would be counted and tracked on enrollment, retention, completion, income, work status, Pell receipt, campus childcare use, number and age of dependent children, and whether they identify as a parent or a caregiver. - Colleges and states: Institutions required to complete federal postsecondary surveys would begin reporting the new data by the 2026-2027 academic year and get technical assistance from the Department of Education to build systems and protect privacy. - Policymakers and researchers: The Secretary would run a demographically and geographically representative study and report findings to Congress within 2 years, identifying best practices like campus childcare and joined services with SNAP, TANF, WIC, Head Start, and workforce programs.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- National study and support for student parents: benefit, medium. The Department of Education would run a national study on what helps students who are parents or caregivers stay enrolled and graduate. The sample would reflect different regions and demographics. The study would review campus childcare, outcomes by race, gender, income, and program, and how colleg…
- New college data on student parents: benefit, medium. This bill would create a standard definition of “parenting student.” Within 2 years, federal college surveys would add new data fields. Starting in academic year 2026–2027, covered colleges would report them each year. Data would be broken out by parent vs caregiver, race and ethnicity, and gender.…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-2485: Arts Education for All Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3994 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3994)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-2485: Arts Education for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2485)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3994 (as of 2026-04-21).