Louisana School kicks out Pregnant Teens

[nickiknack]

One Louisiana school is dealing with the state’s high rates of teen pregnancy by taking an “out of sight, out of mind” approach. No pregnant students are welcome at Delhi Charter School in Delhi, Louisiana — a policy that the institution enforces by requiring students who are “suspected” of being pregnant to submit to a mandatory pregnancy test.
 
If students are pregnant, they are no longer allowed to attend classes on the school’s campus and will be forced to either switch to another school or begin a home school program. If a student refuses to take the test, she is “treated as a pregnant student” and also kicked out of Delhi Charter School, according to the student handbook

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/07/647221/louisiana-school-forces-students-to-take-pregnancy-tests-kicks-out-girls-who-refuse-or-test-positive/

The ACLU of Louisana, and the ACLU Women's Right Project has sent a letter to the school, asking them to suspend the policy, on grounds that it violates Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

I'm willing to bet that 1. Sex Ed is probably nonexistent in the school, and 2. that the school is going to fight tooth and nail over this.

[kefkaownsall]

Are charter schools private cause if so then not much you can do

[Cataclysm]

No, they are funded by our government.

[nickiknack]

No, they are funded by our government.

That has always been my main problem with charters, they are publicly funded for the most part, but are allowed to have their own set of rules, which leads to them to turn down kids with certain problems.

[RavynousHunter]

So, basically, they're the worst of both worlds?

Whelp, I hope you fuckers enjoyed your money while ya had it.

[Zygarde]

What the fuck is my state doing first that dumb textbook thing now this, keep going Louisiana and were gonna be a bigger laughing stalk than fucking Texas my goddess!

[Fpqxz]

I'm assuming this is a public school...and if it is, there is no fucking way this is constitutional.

In fact, there is a good chance that this violates both the federal and state constitution, because the Louisiana State Constitution provides for a "Right to Individual Dignity":

§3. Right to Individual Dignity

    Section 3. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws. No law shall discriminate against a person because of race or religious ideas, beliefs, or affiliations. No law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably discriminate against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political ideas or affiliations. Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, except in the latter case as punishment for crime.

I'm not sure what the judicial gloss on this section is, but I can't imagine it being construed in such a manner as to allow...this.

[RavynousHunter]

Yeah, but this is Louisiana, and this is the DEEP South.  Unlike the regular South, the Deep South is fucking stupid and frothing-at-the-mouth insane.  Thankfully, our wise Yankee overlords in the SCOTUS should be able to deal with this, should it come to that.

[SpaceProg]

Yeah, but this is Louisiana, and this is the DEEP South.  Unlike the regular South, the Deep South is fucking stupid and frothing-at-the-mouth insane.  Thankfully, our wise Yankee overlords in the SCOTUS should be able to deal with this, should it come to that.

At least now some people can differentiate smart South, vs. stupid South.  Usually they just lump us all in together.  Kudos, Rav.

[kefkaownsall]

change pettition http://www.change.org/petitions/delhi-charter-school-stop-discriminating-against-pregnant-students?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8907&alert_id=GGHiQcfWiv_EAZxdMlULQ

[Bezron]

I'm assuming this is a public school...and if it is, there is no fucking way this is constitutional.

In fact, there is a good chance that this violates both the federal and state constitution, because the Louisiana State Constitution provides for a "Right to Individual Dignity":

§3. Right to Individual Dignity

    Section 3. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws. No law shall discriminate against a person because of race or religious ideas, beliefs, or affiliations. No law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably discriminate against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political ideas or affiliations. Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, except in the latter case as punishment for crime.

I'm not sure what the judicial gloss on this section is, but I can't imagine it being construed in such a manner as to allow...this.

Charter schools are publicly funded private schools.  They are an odd class of schooling, referred to as a Magnet school in Chicago.  In some cases, the charter school allows students to attend a superior school (see Whitney Young High in Chicago) than they would normally be able to.  In the vast majority of cases in non-urban areas, though, they are used to exclude people that the school management feels are undesirable (Black, ESL, pregnant, etc).

[RavynousHunter]

Yeah, but this is Louisiana, and this is the DEEP South.  Unlike the regular South, the Deep South is fucking stupid and frothing-at-the-mouth insane.  Thankfully, our wise Yankee overlords in the SCOTUS should be able to deal with this, should it come to that.

At least now some people can differentiate smart South, vs. stupid South.  Usually they just lump us all in together.  Kudos, Rav.

Haha, ey, I live in Arkansas.  We're...kinda in the middle between sane and insane.  Which, incidentally, is quite maddening.

[SpaceProg]

Yeah, but this is Louisiana, and this is the DEEP South.  Unlike the regular South, the Deep South is fucking stupid and frothing-at-the-mouth insane.  Thankfully, our wise Yankee overlords in the SCOTUS should be able to deal with this, should it come to that.

At least now some people can differentiate smart South, vs. stupid South.  Usually they just lump us all in together.  Kudos, Rav.

Haha, ey, I live in Arkansas.  We're...kinda in the middle between sane and insane.  Which, incidentally, is quite maddening.

Hey,  My fave racer is from Batesville, Arkansas; and he's anything BUT stupid, that's for sure.    There's diamonds in the rough everywhere.  Just gotta look for them.