Lookee at what Delhi Charter School is up to:
Delhi Charter School, in Delhi, Louisiana, has come under fire for its policy that campaigners say is ‘clearly illegal under federal laws’.
Under the new rules, a teacher can ‘require’ a student to have a test if they suspect she could be pregnant.
If the test comes back positive, the policy states: ‘The student will not be permitted to attend classes on the campus of Delhi Charter School.’She will be required to pursue a course of home study. Delhi Charter School has established an environment whereby the conduct of its students must be in keeping with the school’s goals and objectives relative to character development.’
The American Civil Liberties Union has blasted the 600-student school, with executive director Marjorie Esman saying: ‘The pregnancy policy violates the rights of every girl at Delhi Charter School.
‘Every girl is at risk of being subject to intrusive medical testing, and possibly forced out of school, for reasons that have nothing to do with her education.’
Let’s review what the girls at the school will be subjected to:
*Teachers suspecting a girl may be pregnant and reporting it?
(How a teacher determines who is and isn’t pregnant boggles the mind.)
*A forced medical procedure?
*Kicked out of the school if pregnancy test is positive?
And what happens to the boys at Delhi Charter School who participated in pregnancy, or who have fathered a child?
Nothing.
UPDATE: Here’s the policy that John Young linked to in the comments
