It is no secret that life balance can be a challenge for any student, however, students with children, also known as “parenting students,” are often balancing and managing the lives of multiple people along with many responsibilities. In other words, you are often using your hidden "super powers" to keep pushing toward your educational goal. If you are a parenting or expecting student, we are excited to let you know that we're here to support you and help you make the right connections to succeed at Pasadena City College!

Our Mission

The mission of the PCC Family Resource Center is to ensure that our PCC parenting students have access to direct services, resources, and guidance to succeed in their educational goals. We want to recognize our PCC students' resiliency and persistence as they navigate the many responsibilities that come with being a parent and a student. To be empowered to build a better future for themselves and their children. When we support one student with children, we are uplifting their entire family and the generations that follow.

Priority Registration Request

Priority registration is available to:

  • Student parents who have a child who receives more than half of their support/care from you, including physically living in the same household.
  • Students who are pregnant or have partners who are expecting, especially if the due date occurs before or during the next academic year. 

To request Priority Registration, complete our online request form. 

Request Priority Registration

Frequently Asked Questions

Each year, Pasadena City College welcomes new and expecting parents to its campus. The FRC works to help students manage the fluctuating responsibilities of academic life, pregnancy, and parenthood. We encourage students to use the parenting student Q&A as a guide to support students throughout their time at PCC and hope the information and FAQs provided here are useful starting points.

Title IX protects your rights as an expecting parent. You have the right to request for extension or make-up missed work. Students may also request for “Incomplete” from their instructors. 

With regards to supporting pregnant students, institutions are required under Title IX to:

  • Excuse a student’s absences because of pregnancy or childbirth for as long as deemed medically necessary.
  • Afford the same protections to pregnant students as students who have temporary medical conditions.
  • Make reasonable and responsive adjustments.
  • Allow a student to continue participating in classes and extracurricular activities.
  • Allow a student to return from their leave to the same academic status as before their leave.
  • Offer options for making up the work missed and allow the student to decide.

For more information, please visit PCC's Title IX page: http://zo23.com/institutional-equity-diversity-and-justice/title-ix/pregnant-and-parenting-resources.php 

Common accommodations being met: 

  • Seating assignment near the door (easier to access bathroom)
  • Ability to sit rather than stand (especially in lab or similar environments)
  • Larger desk
  • Extended breaks or exam time (to allow for eating food to control nausea, to use the bathroom, etc.)
  • Assistance of note taker to assist with exams (pregnant women more likely to have carpo tunnel)
  • Distance learning or teleworking for students on bedrest
  • Revised schedules for meetings or group activities
  • Parking space closer to classes
  • Other options as needed, depending on individualized needs

With regards to supporting pregnant students, institutions are required under Title IX to:

  • Excuse a student’s absences because of pregnancy or childbirth for as long as deemed medically necessary.
  • Afford the same protections to pregnant students as students who have temporary medical conditions.
  • Make reasonable and responsive adjustments.
  • Allow a student to continue participating in classes and extracurricular activities.
  • Allow a student to return from their leave to the same academic status as before their leave.
  • Offer options for making up the work missed and allow the student to decide.

For more information, please visit PCC's Title IX page: http://zo23.com/institutional-equity-diversity-and-justice/title-ix/pregnant-and-parenting-resources.php 

Open communication between you, your instructors, and PCC staff is important so that appropriate adjustments and/or accommodations can be made throughout the pregnancy and during recovery.

  1. Documentation from your physician with your due date and any limitations related to your condition must be provided to the Title IX and/or Disabled Students Programs & Services Office, and will be kept confidential. You may also be asked to provide a doctor’s release to resume classes.
  2. Identify needs and determine accommodations with Title IX and Disabled Students Programs & Services Office based on your specific situation. They can meet with you to determine whether additional accommodations are needed, including special seating arrangements, breaks, flexible attendance, and early access to and/or extension of assignment or exam dates, and more.

For more information, please visit PCC's Title IX page: http://zo23.com/institutional-equity-diversity-and-justice/title-ix/pregnant-and-parenting-resources.php 

When having a baby or adopting a child, your child must be added to your health plan within 45 days of the date of birth or adoption/placement. The coverage and the cost will be pro-rated to the date on your child’s birth certificate or statement of birth from the hospital (for newborns), legal documentation of adoption or guardianship.