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H.R.2505
Sponsor: Rep Kildee, Dale E. (introduced 7/14/1999)
Latest Major Action: 7/14/1999 Referred to House committee
Title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 to ensure that elementary and secondary schools prepare girls to compete in the 21st century, and for other purposes.
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7/14/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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COSPONSORS(44), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 7/27/1999 Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 7/14/1999
Rep Boucher, Rick - 9/15/1999 Rep Capps, Lois - 7/14/1999
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 9/23/1999 Rep Clay, William (Bill) - 7/14/1999
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 9/23/1999 Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 7/14/1999
Rep Filner, Bob - 7/27/1999 Rep Frank, Barney - 11/18/1999
Rep Frost, Martin - 7/27/1999 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 9/9/1999
Rep Holt, Rush D. - 9/9/1999 Rep Hoyer, Steny H. - 7/14/1999
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 9/9/1999 Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 7/14/1999
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 10/7/1999 Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 7/14/1999
Rep Klink, Ron - 10/6/2000 Rep Lampson, Nick - 9/7/2000
Rep Lantos, Tom - 9/9/1999 Rep Lee, Barbara - 7/27/1999
Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 7/14/1999 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 7/14/1999
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 7/30/1999 Rep Martinez, Matthew G. - 7/14/1999
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 7/14/1999 Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 7/14/1999
Rep Miller, George - 7/14/1999 Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 7/14/1999
Rep Morella, Constance A. - 7/14/1999 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 7/14/1999
Rep Oberstar, James L. - 7/30/1999 Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 7/14/1999
Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 5/3/2000 Rep Romero-Barcelo, Carlos A. - 9/9/1999
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 7/14/1999 Rep Sanders, Bernard - 7/27/1999
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 10/7/1999 Rep Towns, Edolphus - 9/9/1999
Rep Vento, Bruce F. - 8/5/1999 Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 9/23/1999
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 7/14/1999 Rep Wu, David - 9/15/1999


SUMMARY AS OF:
7/14/1999--Introduced.

Educating America's Girls Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to: (1) ensure education technology and teacher training programs are targeted in a manner that addresses the unique needs and different learning styles of all students, including girls; (2) provide schools with resources for programs to prevent sexual harassment and abuse; (3) provide for collection of data on high school athletic participation by girls; (4) establish dropout prevention programs to keep pregnant and parenting teens in school; and (5) reauthorize the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA).

(Sec. 2) Requires that attention be given to the incorporation and use of technology to enhance teaching and learning, under specified ESEA requirements relating to school improvement, professional development, teacher training, and educational innovation.

Requires schools to give attention to professional development that incorporates technology used to improve teaching and learning. Requires professional development activities to include instruction in the use of technology. Adds technology to the list of core subject areas for the National Teacher Training Project grants program. Requires authorized professional development activities to incorporate effective technology for meeting the educational needs of diverse groups of students. Includes technological innovation as a higher education activity to improve teacher education programs.

Directs the Secretary of Education to take into special consideration the different learning needs for and exposures to technology for all students, including girls and students who have economic and educational disadvantages, in carrying out ESEA titles I (Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards), II (Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program), and III (Technology for Education). Requires the Secretary, as well as applicants and grantees, to provide for such special consideration to be given under specified programs, including: (1) such Technology for Education programs as national challenge grants, regional technical support and professional development, educational technology product development, and Star Schools grants; and (2) the Fund for the Improvement of Education (part A of ESEA title X Programs of National Significance).

(Sec. 3) Authorizes the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Technology, to award matching grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible consortia to develop or redesign programs to prepare prospective elementary and secondary school teachers to use technology effectively in their classrooms. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 4) Getting Our Girls Ready for the 21st Century Act (Go Girl Act) - Amends ESEA to authorize the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts and cooperative agreements with, local educational agencies to provide subgrants to elementary and secondary schools for services that: (1) encourage the ongoing interest of girls in science, mathematics, and technology; and (2) prepare girls to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees and careers in those fields. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 5) Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Grants Act - Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to State and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) or other public or private entities to train teachers and administrators in identifying and preventing sexual harassment. Authorizes appropriations.

Amends ESEA title IV (the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994) to include high rates of reported incidences of sexual harassment and abuse on the list of examples of objective data which an SEA is required to consider in determining which LEAs have the greatest need for additional funds. Includes, under authorized uses of grants and contracts under Governors' programs, developing and implementing strategies and programs to greatly reduce the incidence of sexual harassment and abuse and to encourage positive and respectful interactions between girls and boys. Requires LEA drug and violence prevention programs to be designed, for all students and employees, to greatly reduce the incidence of sexual harassment and abuse. Includes sexual harassment and abuse among the types of school violence for which the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is required to collect data to determine frequency, seriousness, and incidence.

(Sec. 6) Amends the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 to require NCES to collect and disseminate statistics on the participation, by gender, of secondary school students in elective physical education and athletic programs.

(Sec. 7) Amends ESEA title V part C (the School Dropout Assistance Act) to direct the Secretary to give additional special consideration to grant applications that include provisions that emphasize mentoring and other support services for pregnant and parenting teenagers.

Revises implementation or expansion plans for ESEA title XI coordinated services projects to include: (1) an assessment of the needs of children requiring specialized comprehensive services such as students who are pregnant or parenting; and (2) strategies to ensure addressing the health and welfare needs of families with pregnant or parenting children in school.

(Sec. 8) Women's Educational Equity Act of 1999 - Renames, reauthorizes, and revises ESEA title V part B (currently the Women's Educational Equity Act of 1994) (WEEA).

Directs the Secretary to report: (1) to the President and Congress on the status of educational equity for girls and women in the Nation; and (2) to Congress on evaluation, materials, and programs under WEEA.

Extends the authorization of appropriations for WEEA programs.