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School policy forces students to take pregnancy tests, bans pregnant teens[W:150]

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"The school reserves the right to require any female student to take a pregnancy test to confirm whether or not the suspect student is in fact pregnant," the policy reads. The policy also allows the school to refer the student to a physician of its choice. "If the test indicates that the student is pregnant, the student will not be permitted to attend classes on the campus of Delhi Charter School."


School policy forces students to take pregnancy tests, bans pregnant teens | Fox News
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Get Tested Or Get Out: School Forces Pregnancy Tests on Girls, Kicks out Students Who Refuse or are Pregnant

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Wow, this is terrible. It's a blatant violation of Title IX and it's gender discrimination, pure and simple. And it's made worse by the fact that this is a PUBLIC charter school in Louisiana.
 
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School policy forces students to take pregnancy tests, bans pregnant teens | Fox News
US School Forces Pregnancy Tests On Girls, Excluding Those Who Are Pregnant Or Refuse
Get Tested Or Get Out: School Forces Pregnancy Tests on Girls, Kicks out Students Who Refuse or are Pregnant

:shock:
Wow, this is terrible. It's a blatant violation of Title IX and it's gender discrimination, pure and simple. And it's made worse by the fact that this is a PUBLIC charter school in Louisiana.

I can't believe that will ever stand scrutiny. It's wrong.
 
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School policy forces students to take pregnancy tests, bans pregnant teens | Fox News
US School Forces Pregnancy Tests On Girls, Excluding Those Who Are Pregnant Or Refuse
Get Tested Or Get Out: School Forces Pregnancy Tests on Girls, Kicks out Students Who Refuse or are Pregnant

:shock:
Wow, this is terrible. It's a blatant violation of Title IX and it's gender discrimination, pure and simple. And it's made worse by the fact that this is a PUBLIC charter school in Louisiana.

It is a Charter school, not a public one. If the state finds the policy unacceptable, then don't issue charters for it. Otherwise, it's private and the state has no business being involved.
 
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I cannot see how this can hold up in a Charter school. It is publically funded. I know they have some exceptions to some rules but I can't imagine they can go this far.
 
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This is complete bull****.
 
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It is a Charter school, not a public one. If the state finds the policy unacceptable, then don't issue charters for it. Otherwise, it's private and the state has no business being involved.

What? You're being nonsensical at best. The state issuing charters does not give the school the ability to violate the basic constitutional rights of students.
 
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It is a Charter school, not a public one.

Charter schools ARE public schools.

If the state finds the policy unacceptable, then don't issue charters for it.

States have no authority to violate federal civil rights laws.

Otherwise, it's private and the state has no business being involved.

It seems you are misinformed as to how a charter school works.
 
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If the pregnant student will miss time from the classes, and thus likely fail anyway, then what is the harm? This is ONLY policy at the charter school that has a waiting list of those wanting to get into it. Limitted resources can (and should) be allocated to those that will get the most advantage from them. If this discourages teen pregnancy then NO harm is done from it. Priority ONE is to complete school, then start a "family" - social and public policy should reenforce that TRUTH and not pretend it is just peachy for kids to have babies before completing high school.
 
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Charter schools ARE public schools.



States have no authority to violate federal civil rights laws.



It seems you are misinformed as to how a charter school works.

Actually in La. many of the charter schools were also private schools that applied to receive chater status. It has been on the local news a lot over the last few months. If the state has problems with a particular school, don't issue or allow charter status.
 
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If the pregnant student will miss time from the classes, and thus likely fail anyway, then what is the harm? This is ONLY policy at the charter school that has a waiting list of those wanting to get into it. Limitted resources can (and should) be allocated to those that will get the most advantage from them. If this discourages teen pregnancy then NO harm is done from it. Priority ONE is to complete school, then start a "family" - social and public policy should reenforce that TRUTH and not pretend it is just peachy for kids to have babies before completing high school.

Kicking out pregnant students helps no one, if you want to curb teen pregnancy there is only one way, comprehensive sex education. Kicking pregnant kids out doesn't do that.
 
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If the pregnant student will miss time from the classes, and thus likely fail anyway, then what is the harm?

So pregnant teens can't learn? Is that what you are saying?
 
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If the pregnant student will miss time from the classes, and thus likely fail anyway, then what is the harm?

The harm is that educators don't get to set discriminatory policies based on your assessment of who is "likely to fail anyway." If the student ACTUALLY fails, that's a different matter.

This is ONLY policy at the charter school that has a waiting list of those wanting to get into it. Limitted resources can (and should) be allocated to those that will get the most advantage from them.

So do you think that public schools should be able to ban black students, if they are statistically more likely to fail classes?

If this discourages teen pregnancy then NO harm is done from it. Priority ONE is to complete school, then start a "family" - social and public policy should reenforce that TRUTH and not pretend it is just peachy for kids to have babies before completing high school.

Schools cannot institute such a blatantly discriminatory policy. It's not like they're mandating paternity tests and expelling fathers. And even if they were, that would still be bull****. The school is there to educate students.
 
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Actually in La. many of the charter schools were also private schools that applied to receive chater status. It has been on the local news a lot over the last few months. If the state has problems with a particular school, don't issue or allow charter status.

If it's a charter school, then it's funded by the state and therefore subject to the same civil rights laws as any other public institution. Furthermore, it's not up to the state to decide that they don't "have a problem with a particular school." States do NOT have the authority to violate federal law.
 
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If it's a charter school, then it's funded by the state and therefore subject to the same civil rights laws as any other public institution. Furthermore, it's not up to the state to decide that they don't "have a problem with a particular school." States do NOT have the authority to violate federal law.

Apparently there is a disconnect in our understanding. The news out of Shreveport spent two weeks or more tracking which private schools were applying for charter status from the state, basically, the meaning I got from them was not that the state was funding the school but was tuitioning students to attend that school. Apparently you are refering more to school like the 4 high schools in that area that repeatedly failed standards and were taken over by the state. Perhaps the news stations were wrong refering to it as chartering or that state uses a different definition for what it defines as a charter school. But the news broadcast were using the term Charter and were referring to the state tuitioning students in those private schools.
 
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If the pregnant student will miss time from the classes, and thus likely fail anyway, then what is the harm? This is ONLY policy at the charter school that has a waiting list of those wanting to get into it. Limitted resources can (and should) be allocated to those that will get the most advantage from them. If this discourages teen pregnancy then NO harm is done from it. Priority ONE is to complete school, then start a "family" - social and public policy should reenforce that TRUTH and not pretend it is just peachy for kids to have babies before completing high school.
They should do this in sports. Have all the teams build their roster in the off-season, then award the championship trophy to the team most likely to win. No wasting time with all that playing crap, it's probably irrelevant anyway.

Oh, wait... it seldom actually works out that way. That's why they actually play the games. :doh


Kicking out pregnant students helps no one, if you want to curb teen pregnancy there is only one way, comprehensive sex education. Kicking pregnant kids out doesn't do that.
There's another way, and it was actually relatively effective (until we lost the wherewithal to do it)... bring back public shame. Quit with all the oohing and aahing and baby showers and crap, and give them an earful of why they're being irresponsible to their kid by putting said kid at what is more then likely to be a disadvantage.
 
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If it's a charter school, then it's funded by the state and therefore subject to the same civil rights laws as any other public institution. Furthermore, it's not up to the state to decide that they don't "have a problem with a particular school." States do NOT have the authority to violate federal law.

They're talking about girls, so their right are irrelevant. As any Conservative.
 
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if you want to curb teen pregnancy there is only one way, comprehensive sex education.
That is not the only way.

I bet if we tried tethered chastity belts, it would work wonders.

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If it's a charter school, then it's funded by the state and therefore subject to the same civil rights laws as any other public institution. Furthermore, it's not up to the state to decide that they don't "have a problem with a particular school." States do NOT have the authority to violate federal law.

That's not quite true. From Louisiana's website:

Charter schools are governed independently by a board of directors and are free from many laws and regulations governing traditional schools. This allows charter schools significant flexibility and autonomy to allocate resources. However, in exchange for this flexibility, charter schools are regularly monitored and must demonstrate defined academic achievement goals and maintain satisfactory financial and contractual performance indicators in order to have their charters renewed. Thus, charter schools in Louisiana are subject to stringent standards as well as specific objectives outlined in their charter contracts with local school boards or BESE.

Of course, should the state choose, they can revoke their charter.
 
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That's not quite true. From Louisiana's website:

Of course, should the state choose, they can revoke their charter.

Charter schools have more freedom than traditional public schools, but they do not have total autonomy. They still have to obey the law...and in any case, Louisiana does not have the authority to allow them to opt out of a federal law anyway.
 
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Charter schools have more freedom than traditional public schools, but they do not have total autonomy. They still have to obey the law...and in any case, Louisiana does not have the authority to allow them to opt out of a federal law anyway.

That could be why there is a law suit. Currently in La, there is a battle between the union that represents public school teachers and the state over charter schools. The union doesn't want the state to use them and has filed suit but while they did not strictly loose that suit, the judge refused to instate an injunction, basically, the judge pushed it to a higher court. Now shortly after loosing or at least not winning their suit, we have this suit come up against a charter school in that state. Funny the timing as I don't believe that the issue just suddenly sprung up overnight. Now we have to wait on judgement of whether it actually violates federal law or not. Also, I have not seen the states position yet on this school and whether or not it is reviewing this particular schools charter status. I suspect that the state will step in and do something once the process has had time to take affect. After all, this is a major public relations "embarrasment" in it's fight with the teachers union if it does not take any action.
 
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Charter schools have more freedom than traditional public schools, but they do not have total autonomy. They still have to obey the law...and in any case, Louisiana does not have the authority to allow them to opt out of a federal law anyway.


What law((s) is being violated? Be specific.
 
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http://www.delhicharterschool.org/w...sting/Delhi_Charter_School_Policy_Manual.html

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They arent allowed to attend school while pregnant. They may continue in a school provided home curriculum if they choose and may return after they have had the child. The school (as a school of choice) has the right to refer the student to a doctor for exam.
 
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It is a school of choice. The students/parents agree to the rules before being allowed to attend. Nothing in the US Constitution preventing this. Partial federal funding does not make a difference because it is a school of choice.
 
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BTW, where are the references to the state and it's actions to any complaints that were filed? Did they go straight to a lawsuit without addressing concerns to the state and giving the state a chance to take action? What concerns were brought before the school and what actions did it take prior to the lawsuit?
 
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BTW, where are the references to the state and it's actions to any complaints that were filed? Did they go straight to a lawsuit without addressing concerns to the state and giving the state a chance to take action? What concerns were brought before the school and what actions did it take prior to the lawsuit?
I didnt see any complainants in the 3 articles.
 
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