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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1802

To ensure equity in education.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 21, 1993

Ms. WOOLSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To ensure equity in education.

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

3 SECTION 1. SCHOOLWIDE PROJECTS.

4 Paragraph (3) of section 1015(e) of the Elementary

5 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by add6 ing at the end the following:

7 ‘‘Whenever feasible, such achievement and other as8 sessment data shall be collected, cross-tabulated, and

9 reported by sex within race or ethnicity and socio10 economic status.’’.

11 SEC. 2. PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT.

12 Subsection (a) of section 1021 is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as

2 (5) and (6), respectively; and

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

5 ‘‘(3) Determine whether improved performance

6 under paragraph (1) is consistent for male and fe7 male students, cross-tabulated by age, race and eth8 nicity;’’.

9 SEC. 3. USES OF FUNDS.

10 Paragraph (4) of Section 1103(c) of the Elementary

11 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by in12 serting ‘‘sex, race, or ethnicity’’ after ‘‘number, ages,’’.

13 SEC. 4. NATIONAL DIFFUSION NETWORK ACTIVITIES.

14 Subsection (b) of section 1562 is amended—

15 (1) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’;

16 (2) in paragraph (5) by striking the period and

17 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

18 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the follow19 ing:

20 ‘‘(6) ensure that all such activities, programs,

21 and practices demonstrate a commitment to follow22 ing gender-equitable methods and techniques.’’.
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1 SEC. 5. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTING.

2 Paragraph (1) of section 1573(c) of the Elementary

3 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by add4 ing at the end the following:

5 ‘‘Whenever feasible, such data shall be collected,

6 cross-tabulated, and reported by sex within race or

7 ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.’’.

8 SEC. 6. STATE APPLICATION.

9 Subparagraph (H) of section 2008(b)(2) of the Ele10 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amend11 ed by inserting ‘‘sex and race or ethnicity’’ after ‘‘the

12 number’’.

13 SEC. 7. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.

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

15 Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding

16 at the end the following:

17 ‘‘Whenever feasible, such data shall be collected,

18 cross-tabulated, and reported by sex within race or

19 ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.’’.

20 SEC. 8. REPORTS.

21 Subparagraph (D) of section 5127(a)(3) is amended

22 to read as follows:

23 ‘‘(D) the demographic characteristics of

24 populations served and whenever feasible, such

25 data shall be collected, cross-tabulated, and re-
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1 ported by sex within race or ethnicity and socio2 economic status;

3 SEC. 9. PURPOSE.

4 Paragraph (4) of section 6002 of the Elementary and

5 Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting

6 ‘‘sex, race or ethnicity,’’ after ‘‘number, ages,’’.

7 SEC. 10. APPLICATION.

8 Paragraph (2) of section 6005(b) of the Elementary

9 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by in10 serting ‘‘which collects and cross-tabulates data, where

11 feasible, by sex within race or ethnicity and socioeconomic

12 status’’ after ‘‘dropout problem’’.

13 SEC. 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

14 Subsection (d) of section 6201 of the Elementary and

15 Secondry Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding

16 at the end of subsection (d) the following: ‘‘Whenever fea17 sible, data collected for such evaluations shall be

18 crosstabulated and reported by sex, within race or eth19 nicity and socioeconomic status.’’.

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