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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1224

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage

students, including young women, to pursue demanding careers and

higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 16, 1999

Ms. SNOWE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

of 1965 to encourage students, including young women,

to pursue demanding careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SEC4 ONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the

6 ‘‘High Technology for Girls Act’’.
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1 (b) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—

2 Section 1119(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6320(b)(2)) is

4 amended—

5 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’

6 after the semicolon;

7 (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period

8 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

9 (3) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(J) instruction, which may include in11 struction developed in partnership with a busi12 ness, an industry or an institution of higher

13 education, to encourage and enable students, in14 cluding young women, to pursue demanding ca15 reers and higher education degrees in mathe16 matics, science, engineering, and technology, in17 cluding the development of mentoring pro18 grams, model programs, or other programs.’’.

19 (c) NATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING PROJECT.—Sec20 tion 2103(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu21 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6623(b)(1)) is amended—

22 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and

23 (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and

24 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol25 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(B) to support and promote the establish2 ment of teacher training programs that—

3 ‘‘(i) shall pertain to the core subject

4 areas of mathematics and science;

5 ‘‘(ii) may include programs developed

6 in partnership with a business, an industry

7 or an institution of higher education; and

8 ‘‘(iii) shall involve the establishment

9 of mentoring programs, model programs or

10 other programs which encourage students,

11 including young women, to pursue de12 manding careers and higher education de13 grees in mathematics, science, engineering,

14 and technology;’’.

15 (d) TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION.—Section

16 3122(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

17 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6832(c)) is amended—

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (15) and (16)

19 as paragraphs (16) and (17), respectively; and

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol21 lowing:

22 ‘‘(15) the development of model programs, men23 toring programs or other programs, which may in24 clude programs developed in partnership with a busi25 ness, an industry or an institution of higher edu-
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1 cation, that encourage students, including young

2 women, to pursue demanding careers and higher

3 education degrees in mathematics, science, engineer4 ing, and technology.’’.

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