• Louisiana Charter School Forces Pregnancy Tests on Girls, Kicks out Students Who Refuse or are Pregn
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[quote]In a Louisiana public school, female students who are suspected of being pregnant are told that they must take a pregnancy test. Under school policy, those who are pregnant or refuse to take the test are kicked out and forced to undergo home schooling. Welcome to Delhi Charter School, in Delhi, Louisiana, a school of 600 students that does not believe its female students have a right to education free from discrimination. According to its [URL="http://www.delhicharterschool.org/www/dcscharter/site/hosting/Delhi_Charter_school_policy_manual.html"]Student Pregnancy Polic[/URL]y, the school has a right to not only force testing upon girls, but to send them to a physician of the school administration’s choice. A positive test result, or failure to take the test at all, means administrators can forbid a girl from taking classes and force her to pursue a course of home study if she wishes to continue her education with the school. This is in blatant violation of federal law and the U.S. Constitution. Today, the ACLU of Louisiana and the ACLU Women’s Rights Project [URL="https://www.aclu.org/womens-rights/delhi-charter-school-demand-letter"]asked Delhi Charter School to immediately suspend this discriminatory and illegal policy[/URL]. The policy’s complete disregard for [URL="http://www.aclu.org/title-ix-gender-equity-education"]Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972[/URL], the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities, is astonishing. Title IX and [URL="http://www2.ed.gov/policy/rights/reg/ocr/edlite-34cfr106.html"]its regulations[/URL]explicitly mandate that schools cannot exclude any student from an education program or activity, “including any class or extracurricular activity, on the basis of such student’s pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy or recovery therefrom.” Besides violating Title IX, the policy is also in violation of the Constitution’s due process right to procreate, and equal protection: it treats female students differently from male students and relies on archaic stereotypes linked to sex and pregnancy. [URL="http://www.aclu.org/womens-rights/pregnant-and-parenting-teens"]Approximately 70 percent of teen girls who give birth leave school[/URL], due in part to illegal discrimination. Schools should be supporting pregnant and parenting teens that face numerous barriers to completing their education, not illegally excluding them from school. The [URL="http://www.aclu.org/womens-rights/pregnant-and-parenting-teens"]ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project[/URL] protects the rights of pregnant and parenting teens through advocacy, education, and litigation, working to combat the push-out of pregnant and parenting teens from school. [/quote] [URL]http://www.aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom-womens-rights/get-tested-or-get-out-school-forces-pregnancy-tests-girls[/URL]
Wow what. Kicked out for being pregnant? Why? How is this legal?
This school is so fucked.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;37115804]Wow what. Kicked out for being pregnant? Why? How is this legal?[/QUOTE] It's not. Though, I am going to say it looks good on paper to me, like we need more pregnant high school girls. It's not right though, at all.
I think it's legal because its a private institution to make them take the tests, but I don't think you can discriminate them to kick them out.
a [sp]not[/sp]proud resident of such a fantastic state [sp]please get me out this hell[/sp]
This is why we can't have nice things, people making decisions for the 'best interest' for others.
[QUOTE=DesumThePanda;37115921]a [sp]not[/sp]proud resident of such a fantastic state [sp]please get me out this hell[/sp][/QUOTE] Couldn't agree more. Whats sad is that no one in the state will give a shit about this.
[QUOTE=Zambies!;37115913]I think it's legal because its a private institution[/QUOTE] the first sentence says "public school", and it's not in the UK so that means it's not private.
[QUOTE=Zambies!;37115913]I think it's legal because its a private institution to make them take the tests, but I don't think you can discriminate them to kick them out.[/QUOTE] Read the article
[QUOTE=thisispain;37116022]the first sentence says "public school", and it's not in the UK so that means it's not private.[/QUOTE] Second paragraph in OP [quote]Welcome to [b]Delhi Charter School[/b], in Delhi, Louisiana, a school of 600 students that does not believe its female students have a right to education free from discrimination. According to its Student Pregnancy Policy, the school has a right to not only force testing upon girls, but to send them to a physician of the school administration’s choice. A positive test result, or failure to take the test at all, means administrators can forbid a girl from taking classes and force her to pursue a course of home study if she wishes to continue her education with the school.[/quote]
[QUOTE=jediken21;37115880]It's not. Though, I am going to say it looks good on paper to me, like we need more pregnant high school girls. It's not right though, at all.[/QUOTE] really? this looks good on paper? what part of "kick girls who are pregnant or refuse to have a pregnancy test" looks good on paper to you? this isn't communism, there isn't a reality where that would be a good solution to teenage pregnancy. [editline]7th August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=DesumThePanda;37116070]Second paragraph in OP[/QUOTE] it's funded by the public.
[QUOTE=Lazor;37116086]really? this looks good on paper? what part of "kick girls who are pregnant or refuse to have a pregnancy test" looks good on paper to you? this isn't communism, there isn't a reality where that would be a good solution to teenage pregnancy. [editline]7th August 2012[/editline] it's funded by the public.[/QUOTE] In the eyes of the public here, making sure teens aren't having sex is more important than academics.
[QUOTE=Lazor;37116086]really? this looks good on paper? what part of "kick girls who are pregnant or refuse to have a pregnancy test" looks good on paper to you? this isn't communism, there isn't a reality where that would be a good solution to teenage pregnancy. [editline]7th August 2012[/editline] it's funded by the public.[/QUOTE] A charter school is like private school that is free from most regulations a public school would have to follow (such as test scores, curriculum, methods of teaching). They get public funding though but I guess this school is being "different" from "regular" public schools by having private school style policies (you would probably find the same pregnancy policy at a christian private high school).
This seems wrong because it picks on girls. It's clearly wrong when they come up with a policy that can only ever cause expulsion for girls when a boy was also involved.
[QUOTE=Sam xD;37116127]A charter school is like private school that is free from most regulations a public school would have to follow (such as test scores, curriculum, methods of teaching). They get public funding though but I guess this school is being "different" from "regular" public schools by having private school style policies (you would probably find the same pregnancy policy at a christian private high school).[/QUOTE] There is a specific law that is being broken by this school because they are receiving public funding which would be evident if you took 5 seconds to even skim the article.
[QUOTE=DesumThePanda;37116070]Second paragraph in OP[/QUOTE] so the first sentence is lying
What about false positives, or if they were raped?
constitutional right to procreate? when was that included?
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;37116233]constitutional right to procreate? when was that included?[/QUOTE] [url]http://civilrights.uslegal.com/due-process-violation/substantive-due-process/right-to-procreate/[/url]
[quote]Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money (and like other schools, may also receive private donations) but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter.[1] Charter schools are opened and attended by choice.[2] While charter schools provide an alternative to other public schools, they are part of the public education system and are not allowed to charge tuition. [/quote] they are not private schools.
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;37116233]constitutional right to procreate? when was that included?[/QUOTE] If it gives people more rights, people are generally in favor of twisting meaning out of the Constitution.
the point of the constitution is to give people more rights. if you don't like people having more rights consider not wanting a constitution.
i will thank you
i am simmering with rage
[QUOTE=Amez;37115831]This school is so fucked.[/QUOTE] I can already smell the prank phone calls to the school.
Damn I remember when a few girls got pregnant they dropped out for some reason or went to this private schooling shit maybe this is why?
[QUOTE=napalm_bomb;37118192]Damn I remember when a few girls got pregnant they dropped out for some reason or went to this private schooling shit maybe this is why?[/QUOTE] Because they saw MTV's Teen Mom and want to be on it (but won't ever be)?
Teen pregnancy is a problem but you don't fight it like this. You start educating kids about sex and encouraging the use things like condoms. You can't just put them where you can't see them and say "look, the problem is gone! no more pregnant teens in our schools!"
Jesus....I thought I had it bad with public schools down here. This is fucking insane. I saw so many cases of teen pregnancy at my high school. Jesus people, this is what sex ed is for! Take the damn class, buy some condoms, and take sex seriously if you are looking to get rid of teen pregnancy. Kicking people out of school doesn't help anything. Especially since the mother-to-be no longer has an education working for her, and she will need money to support her kid (if she completes the 9 months anyway.) This is just a horrible idea in general.
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