[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1408 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1408

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address 
          gender equity in mathematics and science education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 1993

 Mrs. Morella (for herself, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Mink, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
Olver, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Unsoeld, Mr. Frost, 
  Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Lloyd, and Mrs. Maloney) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address 
          gender equity in mathematics and science education.

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

SECTION 1. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    Section 2006 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and female'' 
                after ``of minority'';
                    (B) subparagraph (D) by striking ``or'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (C) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(F) preservice, inservice, and retraining of teachers and 
        other school personnel in gender-equitable instruction in 
        mathematics and science; or
            ``(G) providing funds for grant projects to provide career 
        counseling, special instructional activities, and other 
        targeted intervention and followup programs to encourage 
        historically underserved students to participate fully in 
        mathematics and science programs.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3) of subsection (c), by inserting ``, 
        including informal education such as programs sponsored by 
        community-based organizations,'' after ``special projects''.

SEC. 2. STATE APPLICATION.

    Subparagraph (H) of section 2008(b)(2) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting ``, sex and 
race or ethnicity'' after ``statistics on the number''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.

    Subsection (c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Whenever 
feasible, such data shall be collected, cross-tabulated, and reported 
by sex within race or ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.''.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL PROGRAMS.

    Paragraph (3) of section 2012(e) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and adding 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) demonstrate a commitment to achieving gender 
                equity both in access to the computer-use program and 
                in the teaching practices used in the program.''.

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