June 26, 2018
Dear Member of Congress:
On behalf of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE), a coalition of more than 30 organizations dedicated to improving educational opportunities for women and girls, including the 13 undersigned organizations, we urge you to cosponsor the Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act (GEEA) of 2018 (S. 3110/H.R. 6184).
GEEA would help support the professionals and institutions who are working to achieve gender equity in education.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination in education. It covers women and men, girls and boys, and staff and students in any educational institution or program that receives federal funds.
Title IX requires recipients of federal education funding to evaluate their current policies and practices, adopt and publish a policy against sex discrimination, and implement grievance procedures providing for prompt and equitable resolution of student and employee discrimination complaints.
This vital law affects all areas of education, including but not limited to: ensuring pregnant and parenting students can stay in school; protecting access to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and other courses for students who are underrepresented in those fields; prohibiting sexual harassment and assault; and supporting equal opportunity to athletics.
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