Breastfeeding and Lactation Resources

Adequate break time for breastfeeding or lactating employees will be provided and should accommodate the time to walk to and from the lactation station as well as retrieve, set up, wash, and clean a pump or other supplies for breastfeeding, expressing or storing milk. Requests should be made to supervisors for adequate break time.

While students should breastfeed or pump between classes if possible, reasonable academic accommodations will be provided to ensure that students do not incur an academic penalty due to breastfeeding or expressing milk. Requests for reasonable academic accommodations for students with disabilities can be made with the DSPS or Human Resources offices.

Feather River College recognizes that parents have the right to breastfeed wherever children are allowed to be on campus. Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against lactating parents is a violation of FRC's policies. To inquire about this or make a complaint, students and employees may contact the Title IX Coordinator here.

Are you a student-parent at Feather River College? We have compiled some useful links and resources for both student-parents and community members. Please feel free to explore the resources on our Student-Parent website and follow the links for more information!

Under California Civil Code § 43.3, a mother may breastfeed their child in a location, public or private, where the mother and child are authorized to be present.

California Labor Code § 1030 states every employer shall provide reasonable lactation breaks and California Labor Code § 1031 requires employers to make reasonable efforts to provide employees with lactation rooms.

California Education Code 66271.9 states that California Community Colleges shall provide reasonable accommodations on their respective campuses for a lactating student to express breast milk, breast-feed an infant child, or address other needs related to breast-feeding. Students shall not incur an academic penalty as a result of their use of the reasonable accommodations listed above, and shall be provided the opportunity to make up any work missed due to such use.

California Labor Code § 1030 - 1031 and California Education Code 66271.9 do not infringe on any right to breastfeed in public pursuant to California Civil Code § 43.3.