[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1854]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          VIOLENCE AMONG GIRLS

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, a Chicago Sun Times article today 
reveals that fighting among girls in schools is up. As a matter of 
fact, fights involving girls are up 31 percent, assaults are up 18 
percent, and battery is up 15 percent. So far this school year, 529 
girls in the Chicago schools have been written up for fighting in 
incident reports to the district's bureau of safety and security. While 
girls have been steadily catching up to boys in violence rates in the 
past 25 years, there are few programs to address this great need.
  As we go into budget talks and budget negotiations, let us be mindful 
of this need and allocate resources to stem this tide of growing 
violence among girls.

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