[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1795 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1795

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to assist 
   schools and educational institutions in the elimination of sexual 
                         harassment and abuse.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1993

  Ms. Snowe (for herself, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Long, Mrs. Schroeder, Ms. 
     Norton, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Roybal-Allard, and Ms. 
Margolies-Mezvinsky) 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 assist 
   schools and educational institutions in the elimination of sexual 
                         harassment and abuse.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Sexual Harassment Free Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    Subparagraph (C) of section 1471(7) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``effective schools''; and
            (2) in clause (iii) of such subparagraph, by inserting ``, 
        including an environment free from sexual harassment and 
        abuse,'' after ``orderly school environment''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS.

    Paragraph (3) of section 1542 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``effective schools''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C) of such paragraph, by inserting ``, 
        including an environment free from sexual harassment and 
        abuse,'' after ``orderly school environment''.

SEC. 4. WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL EQUITY.

    Paragraph (1) of section 4002(a) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as (F) and 
        (G), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) development and implementation of programs to 
                address sexual harassment and violence as part of 
                efforts to ensure that educational institutions are 
                free from threats to the safety of students and 
                employees;''.

SEC. 5. PROGRAMS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH 
              EDUCATION.

    Subsection (b) of section 4605 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10) as 
        (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) sexual harassment and assault;''.

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