The Girls Act responds to findings in the 1998 AAUW Educational Foundation Report, Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children, which identified a number of areas where the educational needs of girls are still unmet.
Addressing educational needs of girls based on a report.
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The Girls Act strengthens support for programs to keep pregnant and parenting teens in school to earn a high school diploma.
I am pleased to introduce The Educating America's Girls Act of 1999, or the Girls Act, along with Representatives Nancy Johnson, William Clay, Connie Morella, Lynn Woolsey, and many of my other colleagues today.
The Girls Act affords an opportunity to greatly reduce the incidence of sexual harassment by gathering data on these often hidden offenses and providing programs to prevent sexual harassment and abuse.
Sexual harassment is widespread and affects female students at all levels of education, including those in elementary and secondary schools.
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