Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children Reston VA. Public Law 94-142 clearly defined the rights of children with handicaps and their parents. A fundamental provision of the law is the right of parents to participate in the educational decision-making process. This includes the right to:(1) A free appropriate public education for your child. Free means at no cost to you as parents. Appropriate means meeting the unique educational needs of your child. (2) Be notified whenever the school wishes to evaluate your child, wants to change your child's educational placement, or refuses your request for an evaluation or a change in placement. (3) Initiate an evaluation if you think your child is in need of special education or related services. (4) Informed consent. Informed consent means you understand and agree in writing to the evaluation and educational program decisions for your child. Your consent is voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time.
What Happened To Parents' Rights? You are not welcome at this school, warned the secondgrade teacher. Some seek protection through state and national parental rights laws. http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/whtpr96.html
Extractions: What Happened To Parental Rights? by Berit Kjos - 1966 Home Child 'protection Preparing for Persecution Email this page "To raise a happy, healthy and hopeful child, it takes...all of us. Yes, it takes a village." Hillary Clinton addressing the 1996 Democratic Convention "Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school." Texas Federal District Judge Melinda Harmon " Y ou are not welcome at this school," warned the second-grade teacher. "We feel that you are criticizing and watching over our shoulder." Stunned, the Kansas mother listened. She had voiced her reluctance to let her daughter attend an "historical" play that touted hypnotism and spiritism. Didn't she and her husband have the right to raise their daughter according to biblical guidelines? Apparently not in the eyes of local educators. They are not alone. A Colorado mother was "expelled from the school grounds" for sharing her concern over the earth-centered spirituality taught as part of environmental education. Two New York mothers faced ridicule for objecting to the use of Magic Gathering-a psychologically addictive occult card game-to teach math. It didn't matter that the elementary age students would "summon" the ghostly forces shown on the cards they collected, calling out "spirits, enter me." In 1988, parents in San Ramon, California, resisted the classroom use of R-rated movies. The movies were stopped-for a season. But four teachers, the local teacher's union, and the California Teachers Association sued the school board and superintendent for (1) violating their constitutional right to free speech in the classroom and (2) for allegedly heeding the religious view of a small minority of citizens. The teachers won. On May 18, 1990, a California Superior Court decided that a teacher's constitutional rights supersedes the concerns of parents and the school board.
Extractions: Following the article Mr. Suprynowicz has provided some additional information if you would like to read more of his work. We thank him for allowing us to reprint his article. Enjoy the article and if you are so inspired, please tell us what you think about it. Educrats declare war on remaining parental rights by Vin Suprynowicz On Tuesday, May 19, 1999, Jared Salisbury, 9-year-old son of Phillip Salisbury, a $40,000-a-year employee of Federal Express on Long Island, N.Y., was rushed by ambulance to St. John's Episcopal Hospital, where he died of acute peritonitis from a ruptured appendix. At the hospital, officials learned the Salisburys had decided not to get Jared all his childhood immunizations none of which would have prevented his death. The Salisburys stood accused of sending their children to the Church of God Christian Academy, and of refusing the get them their childhood immunizations, based on the father's personal beliefs that such "shots" pose more dangers than they're worth. (A 1985 federal report prepared for the United States Institute of Medicine concluded that if 3.6 million American children receive three pertussis vaccinations each as recommended, 22 to 36 of those infants will suffer permanent brain damage from the vaccine each year.)
Parental Rights This means that a parent has the right to review and monitor all school This law directly undermines parental rights. A wise teacher will not seek to http://www.mfc.org/contents/article.asp?id=345
Frequently Asked Questions :: The Rutherford Institute parental rights Public school Issues Employment Matters Teachers rights. Questions About Issues Not Within Our Priority Areas. Divorce Matters http://www.rutherford.org/resources/faq.asp
Extractions: A: These investigations are usually initiated by a call to your state's child abuse hotline or calls to your local Department of Child Welfare (this term varies from state to state) by someone who suspects that a child has been abused. Typically, you do not have to allow the workers into your home without a warrant. However, if the officials feel the need to do so, they will obtain a warrant and return with a police officer and demand entry. (Of note, if it is suspected that a child is in imminent danger, the workers or the police will enter your home without your consent or a warrant.) Whether or not they can or will take your children depends on whom the charges are against and what type of charges you, a caretaker, or a sibling are being accused of. Please see our Freedom Resource Brief E-9 entitled
S.V. Board Sticks By Student Release Policy of children in the schools, teachers (and some really do want to teach rather When the State decides what our parental rights are, Freedom is lost. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1461057/posts
Extractions: The Scotts Valley Unified School District board of education voted 3-1 Tuesday to retain its current policy, despite a letter sent to parents last November telling parents they would be notified in such a case. But board members said they want more information about the issue, especially from districts around the state that have implemented policies that require parents or guardians to know before their children leave school. "Would I want to be notified? Yeah, I really would," said board member Allison Niday. But she added, "I have seen kids in this district who don’t have that option," referring to cases involving abuse or neglect. Parents and students filled the Scotts Valley City Council chambers to hear arguments about whether or not the district should require parental notification. The issue resurfaced last month when interim superintendent Tim Cuneo reviewed packets of information that go to parents before the start of each school year. Within the school files, a letter that went to parents in November said schools would require parents to know when students leave for medical reasons, but Cuneo, board members and California Attorney General Bill Lockyer say that would violate current state education code.
Extractions: Donations Click here for Donation Form . Please print and mail with your check payable to: Educational Freedom 12545 Olive Boulevard, Suite 123 Saint Louis, MO 63141 Set America 's Children Free! Who would benefit if all parents, regardless of family income, could afford to choose the best school - public, private or religious - for their children if public education meant ensuring that every child in America receives the very best education, whether through government or non-government schools? Children would be released from cookie cutter approaches to education, which assume that every child has the same needs and will benefit from the same curriculum and methods of education. Parents would have the freedom to choose their children's schools based on the special physical and emotional needs of each child, the family'' religious and moral convictions, and the family'' unique heritage. Teachers would be able to form their own school, teach according to their consciences, and escape the compulsory membership dues and pressures of the teachers' unions.
Extractions: Public school administrators, board members, and teachers in California may face the difficult task of balancing their responsibilities to make decisions about the content of curricular and other school activities, against parents' desire to control the content of their children's instruction, and/or " opt out " of controversial aspects of the curriculum.
WEBCommentary(tm) - Parental Rights Vs. Public Schools parental rights vs. Public schools Part 1 of 2 This means he is barred from places to vote, as well as school committee and parentteacher meetings. http://www.webcommentary.com/asp/ShowArticle.asp?id=mcelroyw&date=050811
Parental Rights be evaluated by a group of professionals including at least one teacher or SURROGATE PARENTS . Each school must guarantee that rights of children are http://www.coping.org/specialed/rights.htm
Extractions: Inclusion Talk Exceptional Education: Getting Parents Involved Your Rights as the Parent of a Child with an Educational Exceptionality Contents YOUR RIGHTS SUMMARIZED The IDEA and Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, includes numerous rights to which you, as a parent, are entitled. Those rights are set forth in this book. Read it carefully and keep it somewhere where you can easily refer to it. In this explanation of rights we have used the word "school" to mean the place where your child is being educated. This may be your neighborhood public school or the educational part of a hospital or some other institution. Wherever your child is, he or she has a right to what the Act refers to as "a free appropriate public education," and the persons responsible for your child's education must see that this is available. If there is an issue regarding who is responsible for your child's education, authority to resolve it rests with your state education agency in the state capitol. Your rights and those of your handicapped child may be summed up in the following key terms: Notice - Before your child is tested or placed in a special educational program, you have a right to be notified of what the school plans to do.
Issues Costly Lawsuits Experts believe that parental rights laws would flood the Parents could sue teachers and school officials for money damages and http://www.mainstreamloudoun.org/issuesdoc/PubEdParental.htm
Extractions: Home About Issues News ... Public Education Parental Rights Legislation One of the ways that the Religious Right tries to impose its will on public education is through parental rights amendments (PRAs). The most common PRA reads, The right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children shall not be infringed. Although it sounds like common sense, by codifying broad parental authority, this legislation would give parents grounds for suing in state or federal court when they believe their authority has been usurped. Concerns include: Minority Control of Public Education Parental rights language would give parents a legal right not only to opt their child in or out of any class, but also to demand the adoption or removal of certain books, programs or courses. Fearing costly and time-consuming lawsuits, schools could be more likely to drop controversial programs, and teachers could practice self-censorship.
Mental Health Screening Signals End Of Parental Rights In the 20052006 school year, all parents will receive written notice of new policies That means that parents have no rights to refuse the treatment http://www.rense.com/general65/are.htm
Extractions: In the 2005-2006 school year, all parents will receive written notice of new policies from your children's schools. Many schools will ask you to sign permission slips, allowing school counselors or "advocates" to have conversations with your children. You will be told how your local schools are now involved in vision and dental screenings, learning disabilities and speech impediment screenings, and other acts of kindness, but watch for the small print or the extra little blurb, which states that your children will also be evaluated for emotional wellness. Watch for wording like "happiness indicators" or "family participation." The fact is that our president has mandated that every American child, age 3 through 18, is federally ordered to be evaluated for mental health issues and to receive "enforced" treatment. Welcome to President Bush's New Freedom Initiative and New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. Welcome to life-long profiling and drug addictions, New Freedom-style. 52 million students and six million adults working in schools, according to this commission, will be tested and should flush out at least 6 million people, or shall we say new customers, who will then be mandated to receive "treatment." What treatment does our president's commission have in mind? The newest drugs in the pharmaceutical pipelines, of course. The commission recommends "specific medications for specific conditions."
Extractions: NewsWithViews.com Caring parents have read Goals 2000, Brave New Schools , and the New Freedom Initiative on Metal Health . They also clearly understand what Outcome-Based Education means. They understand that not only American children, but children all over the world are being converted to social compliancy and servitude. If you havent read all the above, you have no opinion of importance to declare when it comes to the subject of education. Ignorance, apathy, and baseless opinions have been tolerated for far too long. No parent in the United States has any excuse, whatsoever, for ignoring the political-corporate take-over and manipulation of knowledge and learning. Every parent knows schools have changed, and they know their parental rights are taken once children set foot into the public school system. You even have to sign weekly and or monthly forms stating that your children have mastered a specific skill. Every year, the school rulebooks get larger and more complicated, and with your signatures, you must also swear to the fact that youve read and mastered all rules from cover to cover. Excuse me who is paying for these schools?
TCTA Survival Guide: Confidentiality Issues; Parental Rights Owasso ISD, a case in which a parent alleged that a teacher violated FERPA by A parent must consent in writing before a school employee may conduct a http://www.tcta.org/pub/04survival_guide/conf.htm
Extractions: Table of Contents TCTA Home Page Federal law protects the confidentiality of student education records as well as personally identifiable information contained in such records. At the same time, federal and state laws guarantee parents access to this information. A school district is not required to conduct a hearing in open session if that hearing will necessarily disclose personally identifiable information about a student under the age of 18. This prohibition does not apply if the student is age 18 or older, or if the parents/guardians of the student request an open hearing. On Feb. 19, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided Falvo v. Owasso ISD, a case in which a parent alleged that a teacher violated FERPA by permitting students to grade each other's daily papers and call out the grades. The Court held that peer grading did NOT violate FERPA, and praised the practice as a learning experience for all students. The Court also said that it was not deciding whether a teacher's grade book is an educational record under FERPA. The laws regarding test security apply equally to state and local tests. Texas Education Code, Sec. 39.030, makes confidential a student's state test scores. They may be released only as permitted by FERPA. In public releases aggregated by ethnicity, grade, subject, etc., the information cannot contain the names of students or teachers. TEA prohibits encouraging or helping another person to breach test security, and requires reporting known violations. A supervisor who gives directions inconsistent with the rules should be referred to the test administrator.
Extractions: Zero tolerance equals zero intelligence. Main (Category: .General Topics Teaching Interrupted: Do Discipline Policies in Today's Public Schools Foster the Common Good? What do teachers think about school discipline? A recent poll commissioned by Common Good and conducted by Public Agenda tried to find out. I don't see a problem with the first item. Part of a school's duty is to teach students what their rights are. Having a student then claim their rights shows success, not a disciplinary failure. Unfortunately the common thought is that these rights are not being well taught in schools. Students pick up this knowledge in an unstructured manner, may be confused over application or applicability of their rights, and can very well belligerently defend their rights improperly or with the threat of legal action. The solution: Teach students what their rights are and teach them the proper way to stand up for themselves.
Schools Continue To Take Rights From Parents. Otherwise stated, schools are usurping the parental role of teaching Why are the schools taking over subjects they have no right to teach about? http://www.able2know.com/forums/about57188.html
Extractions: The conflict began on Jan. 17, when Parker's then-5-year-old son brought home a Diversity Bookbag from kindergarten. Included was Robert Skutch's "Who's In a Family?" that depicts families headed by same-sex couples. Parker had wanted to decide for himself the timing and manner in which his son was introduced to the subject of homosexuality.
