Sensible Erection | Louisiana Voucher School Expels Title IX, Pregnant Teens

Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Louisiana Voucher School Expels Title IX, Pregnant Teens

quote [ The pregnancy policy it states that if a teacher or administrator suspects a female student of being pregnant (whether she is pregnant or not) the school can require her to have a pregnancy test and even select the physician. If the student is pregnant, she won't be permitted to attend classes on the campus of Delhi Charter School ]

I really didn't want to post MORE depressing news, especially seeing as how my outrage meter has been off the charts lately, but this is just too horrible to NOT post.

[politics] [by assbastard@9:37pmGMT] [+10 WTF]

Comments

xgp007 said @ 10:09pm GMT on 7th Aug
w..what?

mjteegarden said @ 10:26pm GMT on 7th Aug
"If we even suspect yo' ass is pregnant, then we can force you to get an examination. If you sass us about that, then we can kick you out."

As an educator, my response is: SCREW. THAT. This stance violates what professional ethics the profession claims. We aren't in the 19fuckin'50s anymore.

My solace: I think Title IX wins in this case. That's Civil Rights legislation; it has a long history of trumping screwy school policies.

Their policies manual:
http://www.delhicharterschool.org/www/dcscharter/site/hosting/Delhi_Charter_School_Policy_Manual.html

mjteegarden said @ 10:39pm GMT on 7th Aug
I am amused at this excerpt from the manual's policies on teaching sex education. "Whenever instruction in sex education is offered, such instruction shall also be available to any student in the school, regardless of the student's grade level, who is pregnant or who is a mother or father."

Of course, kid, you're gonna have to get that instruction at home, if you are a pregnant girl. If we even think you're knocked up, you're kicked out. :(

schatten00777 said @ 10:27pm GMT on 7th Aug
I fucking love America.

lalanda said @ 8:47am GMT on 8th Aug
We thank you.

sanepride said @ 10:38pm GMT on 7th Aug
Sorry, that was supposed to be a +1 WTF.

This is way fucked-up. Charter schools should be subject to the same policies as public schools, but way down in Redneckistan I guess anything goes. Good to see the ACLU on the case.

mjteegarden said @ 10:42pm GMT on 7th Aug [Score:1 Informative]
One of the specific intentions with regards to charter schools is that they are not subject to the same policy regulations as standard independent school districts. The charter laws vary from state to state (big differences, for example, between Texas and Louisiana), but the key point is that charters can ignore most stateside regulations, as long as they are showing hard evidence of academic progress/successes. Under no circumstances at all are they allowed to ignore USA federal law (such as Special Education law).

sanepride said @ 10:54pm GMT on 7th Aug
Right. When I say 'the same policies' I'm referring to federal mandates like Title IX.

assbastard said @ 10:45pm GMT on 7th Aug [Score:1 Funny]
No worries on the mod. It's just imaginary points.

...precious, precious imaginary points.

sanepride said @ 11:03pm GMT on 7th Aug [Score:2 WTF]
Turns out that when it comes to Louisiana charter schools, the more you know the worse it gets.

arrowhen said @ 11:04pm GMT on 7th Aug
Yup. This state is pretty much fucked.

Rapscallion said @ 12:08am GMT on 8th Aug
God damnit! Don't make us re-invade the south...you assholes.

The South said @ 1:35am GMT on 8th Aug
Please do! We thought we were rising again, but our map was upside down...

KingPellinore said @ 2:22am GMT on 8th Aug [Score:1 Underrated]
If you guys invade, can I be a double agent?

The South said @ 12:09am GMT on 8th Aug
Hey Louisiana, thanks for taking the heat off the rest of us....

ENZ said @ 1:01am GMT on 8th Aug
Somehow, various states playing 'hot potato' for who's craziest doesn't seem as fun as it sounds.

Supreme_Coconut said @ 1:22am GMT on 8th Aug
I'm sure Arizona will take it back soon enough.

dreamingzephyr said @ 2:41am GMT on 8th Aug
South Carolina all the way!

assbastard said @ 2:51am GMT on 8th Aug
What are you guys, idiots? Florida is the undisputed king wang of stupid.

GordonGuano said @ 4:04am GMT on 8th Aug
It doesn't get a lot of press, but Tennessee is very good at enacting laws based in ideology that should have been extinct at roughly the same time and for the same reason as phlogiston and the four bodily humours. They love Confederate flags on hundred-foot poles and named a state park after one of the Klan's founding members, Nathan Bedford Forrest. Not that Florida isn't a backwards shithole.

Supreme_Coconut said @ 4:57am GMT on 8th Aug
"Where are you guys going to camp this weekend?"
"Out at Forrest forest."
"You really need to work on that stuttering problem."

mky said @ 12:16am GMT on 8th Aug [Score:5 Insightful]
god forbid Americans should ever be subjected to Sharia Law

kichijoii said @ 4:12am GMT on 9th Aug
Can we allow interstate refugees?

Barnabas_Truman said @ 5:33am GMT on 9th Aug
Whenever I hear of people having trouble with local bigots or repressive state governments, my first reaction is usually "That's too bad. He/she should move to California."

I know that's not realistically an option for everyone, but it really ought to be.

backSLIDER said @ 7:56am GMT on 9th Aug
I'm from California and even in the worst places I've live here at least people were ashamed of being bigoted a-holes. Not so everywhere.
Unrelated, I got offered a job in New York and the monetary value of having a support network really hit home. I didn't end up taking it because even being a better job I don't think I could have done it.

b said @ 4:47pm GMT on 9th Aug [Score:1 Good]
Update: Looks like this shit should be stopping.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/08/louisiana-school-forced-pregnancy-test