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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1463

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

gender equity in mathematics and science education and to assist schools

and educational institutions in the elimination of sexual harassment

and abuse.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 15 (legislative day, September 7), 1993

Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. SIMON, Ms.

MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. INOUYE, Mrs. BOXER, and Mrs.

MURRAY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

of 1965 to address gender equity in mathematics and

science education and to assist schools and educational

institutions in the elimination of sexual harassment and

abuse.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness in Education

5 for Girls and Boys Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds that—

3 (1) our Nation’s schools are struggling to main4 tain an environment that is conducive to learning

5 and that fairly educates girls and boys;

6 (2) recent studies show that women continue to

7 be underrepresented in careers in mathematical and

8 scientific fields because those fields are stereotyped

9 as male professions;

10 (3) because girls and young women are influ11 enced at an early age in making career choices, ef12 fective gender equity training must occur in order to

13 change the disparities in mathematics and science

14 achievement between girls and boys;

15 (4) a fundamental prerequisite for an effective

16 learning environment is that such environment be

17 free from sexual harassment and abuse as such har18 assment and abuse has a measured impact on our

19 children’s school attendance, concentration and class

20 participation; and

21 (5) the Federal Government has an important

22 role in eliminating sexual harassment and abuse in

23 our Nation’s schools, and providing a productive

24 learning environment for all students by encouraging

25 education programs that include training and tech26 nical assistance.
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1 SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

2 It is the purpose of this Act—

3 (1) to enrich the quality of mathematics and

4 science education by encouraging gender-fair train5 ing, practices and policies;

6 (2) to assist schools to eliminate sexual harass7 ment and abuse and to develop a safe and healthy

8 learning environment; and

9 (3) to improve overall instruction and training

10 in all federally funded education programs by in11 creasing awareness of the need for gender equity in

12 education.

13 TITLE I—GENDER EQUITY IN

14 MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE

15 EDUCATION

16 SEC. 101. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PRO17 GRAMS.

18 Section 2006 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu19 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2986) is amended—

20 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (b)—

21 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting

22 ‘‘and female’’ after ‘‘of minority’’;

23 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’

24 after the semicolon;

25 (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the

26 period and inserting a semicolon; and
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1 (D) by adding at the end the following new

2 subparagraphs:

3 ‘‘(F) preservice and inservice training, and re4 training, of teachers and other school personnel in

5 gender-equitable instruction in mathematics and

6 science; or

7 ‘‘(G) providing funds for grant projects to pro8 vide career counseling, special instructional activi9 ties, and other targeted intervention and followup

10 programs to encourage historically underserved stu11 dents to participate fully in mathematics and science

12 programs.’’; and

13 (2) in paragraph (3) of subsection (c), by in14 serting ‘‘, including informal education such as pro15 grams sponsored by community-based organiza16 tions,’’ after ‘‘special projects’’.

17 SEC. 102. STATE APPLICATION.

18 Subparagraph (H) of section 2008(b)(2) of the Ele19 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

20 2988(b)(2)(H)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, sex and race

21 or ethnicity’’ after ‘‘statistics on the number’’.

22 SEC. 103. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.

23 Subsection (c) of section 2011 of the Elementary and

24 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2991(c)) is

25 amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
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1 ‘‘Whenever feasible, such data shall be collected, cross-tab2 ulated, and reported by sex according to race or ethnicity

3 and socioeconomic status.’’.

4 SEC. 104. NATIONAL PROGRAMS.

5 (a) NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE.—Paragraph (4) of

6 section 2012(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2992(d)(4)) is amended—

8 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’

9 after the semicolon;

10 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period

11 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub13 paragraph:

14 ‘‘(E) disseminate gender equity teacher

15 training models of proven effectiveness, and

16 provide leadership training for girls and young

17 women.’’.

18 (b) MODEL PROGRAMS.—Paragraph (3) of section

19 2012(e) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

20 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2992(e)(3)) is amended—

21 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’

22 after the semicolon;

23 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period

24 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(F) achieve gender equity both in access

4 to a computer-use program and in the teaching

5 practices used in such program.’’.

6 SEC. 105. REGIONAL CONSORTIA USE OF FUNDS.

7 Section 2017 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2994a) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (15), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

10 the semicolon;

11 (2) in paragraph (16), by striking the period

12 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new

14 paragraph:

15 ‘‘(17) disseminate gender equity teacher train16 ing models of proven effectiveness, and provide lead17 ership training for girls and young women.’’.

18 SEC. 106. PROGRAMS FOR COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUC19 TION.

20 Subsection (b) of section 4604 of the Elementary and

21 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3154(b)) is

22 amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the

24 semicolon;
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1 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para2 graph (5); and

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow4 ing new paragraphs:

5 ‘‘(3) model programs to eliminate sex-role

6 stereotyping and gender bias in computer-based in7 struction;

8 ‘‘(4) evaluation of the degree of gender equity

9 in the computer education resources assisted under

10 this section; or’’.

11 TITLE II—ELIMINATION OF SEX12 UAL HARASSMENT AND

13 ABUSE

14 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

15 Subparagraph (C) of section 1471(7) of the Elemen16 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

17 2891(7)(C)) is amended—

18 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)—

19 (A) by striking ‘‘effective school’’; and

20 (B) by striking ‘‘schools—’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘schools:’’; and

22 (2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘, including an

23 environment free from sexual harassment and

24 abuse,’’ after ‘‘environment’’.
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1 SEC. 202. TARGETED USE OF FUNDS.

2 Subsection (b) of section 1531 of the Elementary and

3 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2942(b)) is

4 amended—

5 (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

6 the semicolon;

7 (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para8 graph (8); and

9 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follow10 ing new paragraph:

11 ‘‘(7) programs of training, technical assistance,

12 and education that are designed to eliminate sexual

13 harassment and abuse in schools; and’’.

14 SEC. 203. EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS.

15 Paragraph (3) of section 1542 of the Elementary and

16 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2952(3)) is

17 amended—

18 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),

19 by striking ‘‘effective schools’’; and

20 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, includ21 ing an environment free from sexual harassment and

22 abuse,’’ after ‘‘environment’’.

23 SEC. 204. WOMEN’S EDUCATIONAL EQUITY.

24 Paragraph (1) of section 4002(a) of the Elementary

25 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

26 3042(a)(1)) is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and

2 (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and

3 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the

4 following new subparagraph:

5 ‘‘(E) the development and implementation

6 of programs that address sexual harassment

7 and violence in order to ensure that educational

8 institutions are free from threats to the safety

9 and the well-being of students and employees;’’.

10 SEC. 205. PROGRAMS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF COM11 PREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION.

12 Subsection (b) of section 4605 of the Elementary and

13 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3155(b)) is

14 amended—

15 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9),

16 and (10) as paragraphs (10), (11), (12), and (13),

17 respectively; and

18 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follow19 ing new paragraphs:

20 ‘‘(7) sexual harassment and assault;

21 ‘‘(8) depression and suicide;

22 ‘‘(9) eating disorders;’’.

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