Keeping Girls in School Act

The Keeping Girls in School Act (S. 2276) directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to create and fund programs aimed at reducing the barriers that prevent adolescent girls in developing countries from completing their secondary education. These programs focus on addressing specific challenges such as child marriage, gender-based violence, and lack of access to healthcare or safe transportation.

For citizens, this bill represents a formalization of U.S. foreign assistance priorities, requiring the State Department to maintain a public global strategy for empowering girls and providing regular reports to Congress on the effectiveness of these investments. By using data-driven monitoring and evaluation, the legislation seeks to ensure that international aid is used efficiently to improve educational outcomes and economic stability in partner nations.