NCWGE's Elementary Secondary Task Force focuses on ensuring gender equity in all aspects of elementary secondary education. Since 1965, the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has governed federal education programs for kindergarten through 12th grade. Congress is required to review the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) every five years—the 107th Congress was responsible for making changes to address issues facing students in our public schools. During ESEA reauthorization in 1994, NCWGE was integral in ensuring that the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) was reauthorized; that teachers were trained in gender equitable practices; and that dropout prevention and sexual harassment were addressed in schools. In the 2001 reauthorization, NCWGE will work to maintain the gender equity provisions included in ESEA in 1994, and add provisions to ensure that teachers are trained to take into consideration the different learning needs and exposures of girls in technology; reduce the incidence of sexual harassment and abuse in schools through training for teachers and administrators in how to handle and recognize sexual harassment; and expand provisions to retain pregnant and parenting teens in school. This task force is chaired by the American Association of University Women.