Bill Text: CA ACR8 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 8

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Bill Title: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 61-17)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 14, Statutes of 2023. [ACR8 Detail]

Download: California-2023-ACR8-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution

No. 8

Introduced by Assembly Member Luz Rivas

January 25, 2023

Relative to Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 8, as introduced, Luz Rivas. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

This measure would proclaim February 23, 2023, as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, February 23, 2023, is recognized nationally and internationally as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day; and

WHEREAS, Women have contributed to the diverse fields of engineering both historically and currently, yet remain underrepresented in both education programs and the workforce; and

WHEREAS, In 1960, less than 1 percent of recorded engineers were women; and

WHEREAS, The number of women employed in architecture and engineering had risen to 14 percent by 2011; and

WHEREAS, Women account for only one-fifth of bachelor’s degrees, one-quarter of master’s degrees, and nearly one-quarter of doctorates in engineering; and

WHEREAS, Female science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates earn less than their male counterparts; and

WHEREAS, According to the 2015 results of the Program for International Student Assessment, one in 20 boys, but less than one in 200 girls, expect a career in information and computer technologies; and

WHEREAS, A myriad of organizations and programs in the United States are committed to combating the gender gap in engineering by encouraging women and girls to explore male-dominated STEM fields; and

WHEREAS, California is a world leader in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and

WHEREAS, California remains committed to the principles of gender equality; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That February 23, 2023, is hereby commemorated by the Legislature as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.