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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1800
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure
that needs of pregnant and parenting teenagers are addressed by the
education system, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 21, 1993
Mrs. UNSOELD (for herself and Ms. SLAUGHTER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 to ensure that needs of pregnant and parenting
teenagers are addressed by the education system, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EVEN START PROGRAMS OPERATED BY LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
(a) USES OF FUNDS.—Subsection (a) of section 1054
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘, including teenage parents,
obtain educational skills and’’ after ‘‘help parents’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as
(7) and (8), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(6) the provision that whenever feasible, data
regarding the number, age, sex, race, and ethnicity
of participants is collected;’’.
(b) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.—Section 1055 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) pregnant teenagers, teenage parents, and
the children of such teenagers.’’.
(c) 
APPLICATIONS.—Paragraph 
(5) 
of 
section
1056(c) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘proficiency’’ and
inserting a comma; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘and teenage parents’’ after
‘‘handicaps’’.
SEC. 2. SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR BASIC
SKILLS IMPROVEMENT AND DROPOUT PRE-
VENTION AND REENTRY.
(a) ALLOCATION.—Subsection (c) of section 1102 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is
amended by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(3) Each State educational agency shall allo-
cate not less than 25 percent of the funds available
to local educational agencies in the State to dropout
prevention and reentry programs which—
‘‘(A) are specifically designed to serve
pregnant teenagers and teenage parents; or
‘‘(B) include services or the coordination of
services for pregnant teenagers and teenage
parents.’’.
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Subsection (c) of section 1103
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
is amended in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘sex, race or
ethnicity,’’ after ‘‘number, ages,’’.
(c) APPLICATIONS.—Subsection (b) of section 1104
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10),
and (11) as paragraphs (10), (11), (12), and (13),
respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(8) assure that set-aside programs for preg-
nant teenagers and teenage parents provide, either
directly or in conjunction with other programs, aca-
demic skills training, parenting and child develop-
ment classes, onsite child care or transportation to
a nearby facility, and an outreach program to reach
such teenagers;
‘‘(9) assure that whenever practicable, the set-
aside programs for pregnant teenagers and teenage
parents include the provision for health care, job
training, other support services such as transpor-
tation, life skills training, mentor support, counsel-
ing services, scheduling flexibility, and referrals for
community resources;’’.
SEC. 3. LOCAL TARGETED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
Paragraph (1) of section 1531(b) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, pregnant teenagers and teenage parents’’ after
‘‘dropping out’’.
SEC. 4. STATE AND LOCAL PLANS.
(a) STATE PLANS.—Subparagraph (C) of section
5122(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 is amended by inserting ‘‘or is a parent’’ after
‘‘pregnant’’.
(b) LOCAL DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVEN-
TION PROGRAMS.—Subsection (a) of section 5125 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (15) and (16)
as (16) and (17), respectively; and
(2) inserting after paragraph (14) the following:
‘‘(15) programs that address the special needs
of pregnant teenagers and teenage parents;’’.
SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS SCHOOL DROPOUT PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—
Section 6004 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f)
as (c) through (g), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(b) In addition to the allocation requirements of
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that not less
than 25 percent of the total funds available are used to
develop programs specifically designed to serve pregnant
teenagers or teenage parents.’’.
(b) APPLICATION.—Subparagraph (A) of section
6005(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 is amended by inserting ‘‘, and if practicable,
the age, sex, race and ethnicity’’ after ‘‘number’’.
(c) REPORTS.—Subsection (a) of section 6008 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is
amended by inserting ‘‘age, sex,’’ after ‘‘school students
by’’.
SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE BASIC SKILLS IMPROVE-
MENT.
Section 6106 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), and
(10) as paragraphs (10), (11), and (12) respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(8) an assurance that set-aside programs for
pregnant teenagers and teenage parents provide, ei-
ther directly or in conjunction with other programs,
academic skills training, parenting and child devel-
opment classes, onsite child care or transportation to
a nearby facility, and an outreach program to reach
such teenagers;
‘‘(9) an assurance that whenever practicable,
the set-aside programs for pregnant teenagers and
teenage parents include the provision for health
care, job training, other support services such as
transportation, life skills training, mentor support,
counseling services, scheduling flexibility, and refer-
rals for community resources;’’.
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