[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1802 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1802

                     To ensure equity in education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1993

 Ms. Woolsey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
                     To ensure equity in education.

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

SECTION 1. SCHOOLWIDE PROJECTS.

    Paragraph (3) of section 1015(e) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``Whenever feasible, such achievement and other assessment data 
        shall be collected, cross-tabulated, and reported by sex within 
        race or ethnicity and socioeconomic status.''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT.

    Subsection (a) of section 1021 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as (5) and (6), 
        respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Determine whether improved performance under 
        paragraph (1) is consistent for male and female students, 
        cross-tabulated by age, race and ethnicity;''.

SEC. 3. USES OF FUNDS.

    Paragraph (4) of Section 1103(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting ``sex, race, or 
ethnicity'' after ``number, ages,''.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL DIFFUSION NETWORK ACTIVITIES.

    Subsection (b) of section 1562 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4) by striking ``and'';
            (2) in paragraph (5) by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) ensure that all such activities, programs, and 
        practices demonstrate a commitment to following gender-
        equitable methods and techniques.''.

SEC. 5. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTING.

    Paragraph (1) of section 1573(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. 6. 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 ``the number''.

SEC. 7. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.

    Subsection (c) of section 2011 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. 8. REPORTS.

    Subparagraph (D) of section 5127(a)(3) is amended to read as 
follows:
                    ``(D) the demographic characteristics of 
                populations served and whenever feasible, such data 
                shall be collected, cross-tabulated, and reported by 
                sex within race or ethnicity and socioeconomic status;

SEC. 9. PURPOSE.

    Paragraph (4) of section 6002 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting ``sex, race or 
ethnicity,'' after ``number, ages,''.

SEC. 10. APPLICATION.

    Paragraph (2) of section 6005(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting ``which collects and 
cross-tabulates data, where feasible, by sex within race or ethnicity 
and socioeconomic status'' after ``dropout problem''.

SEC. 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    Subsection (d) of section 6201 of the Elementary and Secondry 
Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end of subsection (d) 
the following: ``Whenever feasible, data collected for such evaluations 
shall be crosstabulated and reported by sex, within race or ethnicity 
and socioeconomic status.''.

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