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​Parenting Students

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​​Parenting Students​

​​According to Texas S.B. 459, higher education institutions offering early registration will also provide priority registration for parenting students: a parent or legal guardian of a child under the age of 18.​

​​Parenting Student Registration​

All students who qualify as a parenting student will need to self-certify by completing the Parenting Student Form. To be considered for priority registration, you must self-certify by the dates listed for each term below. 

Students will be required to recertify for each registration period. The certification form will become available to submit one month before registration opening for the upcoming term. 

Summer 2025: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 5 PM

Fall 2025: Friday, March 21, 2025 at 5 PM

Summer 2025: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 1 PM for students who qualified and self-certified

Fall 2025: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 1 PM for students who qualified and self-certified

Resources

Sam Houston State University has designated the Director of the Office of Title IX & Discrimination Resolution as the Liaison Officer. 

For more information regarding resources and available services the University provides for pregnant and parenting students, please visit Pregnancy and Parenting or contact the Office of Title IX & Discrimination Resolution via: 

  • Phone at 936.294.3080 
  • Email at titleix@shsu.edu 
  • In person at John W. Thomason Building, Suite 302 
  • By mail at Office of Title IX & Discrimination Resolution Box 2542, Huntsville, Texas 77341-2542 

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Estill Building, Room 331 
Huntsville, TX 77340​

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Email: registrar@shsu.edu

​​Phone: 936.294.1040

Fax: 936.294.1737​

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Sam Houston State University
Office of the Registrar
Box 2029
Huntsville, TX 77341-2029

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