=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= More Lame Legislation --------------------- This information needs to be spread and acted upon. Read on... The following information is from the AFT Legislation Dept.: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, June 25 is "Call Congress Day" to oppose passage of S.984 and H.R.1946, the Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act (PRRA). In spite of its title, the PRRA is dangerous legislation which would be extremely destructive to public education, open schools and teachers to the threat of lawsuits, and jeopardize health and welfare programs for children. Background. H.R.1946 was introduced in the House by Congressman Steve Largent (R-OK) and its companion bill, S.984, was introduced in the Senate by Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA). On April 17, 1996, S.984 was approved 4-3 by a Senate Judiciary subcommittee. Summary. The PRRA states that no federal, state or local government "shall interfere with or usurp the right of a parent to direct the upbringing of the child." Parental rights include directing or providing for a child's education, making health care decisions for a child, providing discipline for a child, and directing or providing for the child's religious teaching. The bills would allow any parent to bring a lawsuit in federal or state court challenging any policy, program or activity. The suits would be examined under the highest judicial standard -- i.e., the government, would have to demonstrate that the program, policy or activity services a compelling government interest and is the narrowest and least restrictive means of accomplishing the interest. Action Needed -- Call In Day. On June 25, the Christian Coalition will be visiting offices on Capitol Hill, lobbying in support of the PRRA. In order to counteract the barrage of support, we urge you to call your representative and senators on June 25 to oppose the PRRA. You can use the AFT toll-free number (1-800-238-1727) to reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard. If you can't call on June 25, calls (or letters) at any time would be useful. Some talking points on the PRRA follow. Talking Points on the Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act (PRRA): --Although the "Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act " sounds innocuous, this legislation would place the health, welfare, education and safety of our nation's children at risk. The legislation would allow any parent to challenge in court virtually any decision of health and child welfare agencies, libraries, and public schools. The proposal would undermine these public institutions, jeopardize the access of children to health care, thwart child labor laws, and threaten efforts to protect children from abuse. --Child welfare agencies, hospitals, community health clinics, schools and other public institutions would be forced to divert scarce resources needed to provide services to children and use these funds to defend against litigation. --The PRRA makes parents the only judge of what is appropriate for their children in education and empowers them to demand it from schools. The law invites parents to sue schools -- and teachers and school employees -- over any element of the school's curriculum, programs or activities that they may disagree with. Any course, any book assigned, any test given, any school rule enforced could be challenged by parents as interfering with the parental right to direct the education of the child. --Under the PRRA, schools could be forced to design an individualized curriculum for any or every student. Parents could demand that their child be taught creationism, for example, or any other special alternative that reflects the values of the parents. Parents could also simply insist that their child be permitted to opt out of any required course they don't like -- English, social studies, biology, you name it. --Under the PRRA, parents could challenge any school district policies or rules with which they disagree -- no pass/no play, student hair and dress codes, teacher grading decisions, or basic health care in schools, such as hearing and vision testing, and sports physicals. --The legislation is an unfunded mandate of the worst kind. The costs to schools and other public agencies of defending lawsuits and developing individualized curricula or services could run to billions of dollars a year. --Individual educators would also be at financial risk, since they could be taken to court and found personally liable for anything they teach which is contrary to the values of individual parents. Educators could face financial consequences for teaching evolution, or even Romeo and Juliet, which deals, with suicide and disobedience to parents, or Macbeth (witchcraft). This will certainly have a chilling effect on education. --Proponents of private school vouchers intend to use the PRRA to promote public funding of vouchers. 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