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06-08-2004, 09:30 AM
Hey, fishies...important legislation! Please, please, please contact your state representatives and encourage them to suport H.R. eight seven three. This is an important step in increasing awareness of eating disorders and ways of treating it. If you would like more information, I encourage you to visit: http://www.eatingdisorderscoalition.org/legupdate/ActionAlerts.html
Let's keep fighting for our rights...the more we educate, the more we have power and the more we have power, the more we can fight this disease with the necessary resources.
All my best and let's keep fighting! :kick
Heather (see below for a description of the legislation)
The Eating Disorders Awareness, Education, and Prevention Act of Two Thousand Three (H.R. eight seven three) was introduced during Eating Disorders Awareness Week on February Twenty-Fifth, Two Thousand Three, in the U.S. House by Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) and Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH). The next day, Rep. Biggert spoke at the EDC's Congressional Briefing during Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Currently this bill has only forty cosponsors. Let's work to get this legislation passed in Two Thousand Four! This is a "dream bill" for our community in terms of awareness, prevention, and education.
SUMMARY: Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of Two Thousand Three - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of Nineteen Sixty-Five to authorize the use of innovative assistance funds for programs to: (A) improve identification of students with eating disorders; (B) increase awareness of such disorders among parents and students; and (C) train educators with respect to effective eating disorder prevention and assistance methods.
Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to broadcast public service announcements to improve public awareness, and to promote the identification and prevention, of eating disorders.
Requires the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Center for Health Statistics to: (A) study the impact eating disorders have on educational advancement and achievement; (B) report on current State and local programs to educate youth on the dangers of eating disorders; and (C) recommend Federal, State, and local measures that could be undertaken.
Let's keep fighting for our rights...the more we educate, the more we have power and the more we have power, the more we can fight this disease with the necessary resources.
All my best and let's keep fighting! :kick
Heather (see below for a description of the legislation)
The Eating Disorders Awareness, Education, and Prevention Act of Two Thousand Three (H.R. eight seven three) was introduced during Eating Disorders Awareness Week on February Twenty-Fifth, Two Thousand Three, in the U.S. House by Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) and Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH). The next day, Rep. Biggert spoke at the EDC's Congressional Briefing during Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Currently this bill has only forty cosponsors. Let's work to get this legislation passed in Two Thousand Four! This is a "dream bill" for our community in terms of awareness, prevention, and education.
SUMMARY: Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of Two Thousand Three - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of Nineteen Sixty-Five to authorize the use of innovative assistance funds for programs to: (A) improve identification of students with eating disorders; (B) increase awareness of such disorders among parents and students; and (C) train educators with respect to effective eating disorder prevention and assistance methods.
Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to broadcast public service announcements to improve public awareness, and to promote the identification and prevention, of eating disorders.
Requires the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Center for Health Statistics to: (A) study the impact eating disorders have on educational advancement and achievement; (B) report on current State and local programs to educate youth on the dangers of eating disorders; and (C) recommend Federal, State, and local measures that could be undertaken.