{"id":4057,"date":"2026-05-04T09:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/?page_id=4057"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:42:47","slug":"pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/college-policies\/title-ix\/pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Pregnant Students &#038; Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through tailored resources, accommodations and a culture of understanding, GCC strives to ensure that students and employees have the accommodations and resources they need to succeed and continue to meet their educational and career goals while experiencing pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum recovery, and other pregnancy related medical conditions.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/laws-and-policy\/civil-rights-laws\/sex-discrimination\/know-your-rights-pregnant-or-parenting-title-ix-protects-you-from-discrimination-at-school\" class=\"gccbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pregnancy &amp; Title IX: Know Your Rights <i class=\"fa-solid fa-person-pregnant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n<p>The Title IX Coordinator\u00a0supports students seeking academic accommodations related to pregnancy and other related medical conditions. Once approved, the student will be provided with a memorandum stating their accommodations and any other relevant information, such as how they plan to complete a course after they deliver their child. Students who have concerns about accommodations should speak with the\u00a0Title IX Coordinator\u00a0or \u00a0the <a href=\"\/ds\/\">Coordinator of Disability Services<\/a> to discuss the situation.<\/p>\n<p>For employees seeking workplace accommodations related to pregnancy and other conditions,\u00a0GCC Human Resources\u00a0is the office of support. Employees who have concerns about accommodations should speak with the Executive Director of Human Resources or the Title IX Coordinator to discuss the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through tailored resources, accommodations and a culture of understanding, GCC strives to ensure that students and employees have the accommodations and resources they need to succeed and continue to meet their educational and career goals while experiencing pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum recovery, and other pregnancy related medical conditions. The Title IX Coordinator\u00a0supports students seeking academic accommodations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4051,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_custom_body_class":"","_custom_post_class":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4057","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4058,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4057\/revisions\/4058"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}