Dale Kildee: “I am proud to introduce the Educating America's Girls Act of 1999 today and urge my colleagues to support this important…”

We need to dismantle the virtual ceiling now, before it becomes a real-life barrier to girls' futures.

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.

By working together, we can ensure that the educational needs of both boys and girls are met in the 1999 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Education is the means for all girls, including pregnant and parenting teens, to achieve economic self-sufficiency.