,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #af1        
#bjac,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,education and the 
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife to authorize the use of   
funds for the inclusion in domestic     
violence education programs of          
information on legal rights available to
 teenage victims of dating violence4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,teen ,dating ,violence         
,education ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,findings
 ,the ,congress finds as follows3 7#a7  
,girls and women between the ages of #af
 and #bd are the most vulnerable to     
domestic violence1 experiencing the     
highest per capita rates of non-fatal   
intimate partner violence4  7#b7        
,one-third of teens report experiencing 
some kind of abuse in their romantic    
relationships1 including verbal and     

emotional abuse4  7#c7 ,approximately #a
 in #e adolescent girls report being    
physically or sexually hurt by a dating 
partner4  7#d7 ,forty percent of teenage
 girls ages #ad to #ag report knowing   
someone their age who has been hit or   
beaten by a boyfriend4  7#e7 ,twenty-six
 percent of girls in grades #i to #ab   
have been the victim of physical abuse1 
sexual abuse1 or date rape4  7#f7       
,teenagers who are the victims of dating
 violence often do not know the legal   
actions they can take to put an end to  
the violence they are experiencing4     
,these teenagers often do not inquire   
into legal actions they can take because
 of the perceived stigma of dating      
violence4  7#g7 ,the cost of intimate   
partner violence annually exceeds #e4h  
billion1 including #d4a billion in      
direct health care expenses4  7#h7      
,domestic violence has been estimated to
 cost employers in the ,united ,states  
up to #ac billion each year4  7#i7 ,in  
the ,united ,states1 rape is the most   

costly crime to its victims1 totaling   
#abg billion a year1 including medical  
costs1 lost earnings1 pain1 suffering1  
and lost quality of life  #c4 ,inclusion
 in domestic violence education programs
 of information on legal rights         
available to teenage victims of dating  
violence ,paragraph 7#b7 of section     
#eega7;c7 of the ,elementary and        
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #gbge7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7 
by striking and are designed and        
inserting 1 are designed2 and  7#b7 by  
inserting 1 and include information     
specific to the ,state involved         
regarding the legal rights available to 
teenage victims of dating violence      
before the period4