 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
                     SUBCHAPTER V--PROMOTING EQUITY
 
                   Part B--Women's Educational Equity
 
Sec. 7231. Short title; findings


(a) Short title

    This part may be cited as the ``Women's Educational Equity Act of 
1994''.

(b) Findings

    The Congress finds that--
        (1) since the enactment of title IX of the Education Amendments 
    of 1972 [20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.], women and girls have made strides 
    in educational achievement and in their ability to avail themselves 
    of educational opportunities;
        (2) because of funding provided under the Women's Educational 
    Equity Act, more curricula, training, and other educational 
    materials concerning educational equity for women and girls are 
    available for national dissemination;
        (3) teaching and learning practices in the United States are 
    frequently inequitable as such practices relate to women and girls, 
    for example--
            (A) sexual harassment, particularly that experienced by 
        girls, undermines the ability of schools to provide a safe and 
        equitable learning or workplace environment;
            (B) classroom textbooks and other educational materials do 
        not sufficiently reflect the experiences, achievements, or 
        concerns of women and, in most cases, are not written by women 
        or persons of color;
            (C) girls do not take as many mathematics and science 
        courses as boys, girls lose confidence in their mathematics and 
        science ability as girls move through adolescence, and there are 
        few women role models in the sciences; and
            (D) pregnant and parenting teenagers are at high risk for 
        dropping out of school and existing dropout prevention programs 
        do not adequately address the needs of such teenagers;

        (4) efforts to improve the quality of public education also must 
    include efforts to ensure equal access to quality education programs 
    for all women and girls;
        (5) Federal support should address not only research and 
    development of innovative model curricula and teaching and learning 
    strategies to promote gender equity, but should also assist schools 
    and local communities implement gender equitable practices;
        (6) Federal assistance for gender equity must be tied to 
    systemic reform, involve collaborative efforts to implement 
    effective gender practices at the local level, and encourage 
    parental participation; and
        (7) excellence in education, high educational achievements and 
    standards, and the full participation of women and girls in American 
    society, cannot be achieved without educational equity for women and 
    girls.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title V, Sec. 5201, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3695.)

                       References in Text

    The Education Amendments of 1972, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is 
Pub. L. 92-318, June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 235, as amended. Title IX of the 
Act is classified principally to chapter 38 (Sec. 1681 et seq.) of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title of 1972 Amendment note set out under section 1001 of this title 
and Tables.
    The Women's Educational Equity Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), 
is part A of title IV of Pub. L. 89-10, as added by Pub. L. 100-297, 
title I, Sec. 1001, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 234, which was classified 
generally to part A (Sec. 3041 et seq.) of subchapter IV of chapter 47 
of this title prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89-10 by Pub. L. 
103-382, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3519.
