Is is legal according to state and federal law for school districts or school principals to distribute a list of each teacher's free and reduced lunch students for use in determining students to target for state testing under No Child Left Behind? What about for determining which students to tutor so that NCLB numbers are better on state testing? I have found my state's policy as well as the USDA's policy online, but both are ambiguous, stating that a LEA can use the information for participation in school programs. If this practice is in violation of state or federal law, how can I report it anonymously?
2007-12-09 15:04:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I don't know how the two necessarily correlate. I was a free lunch kid and a National Merit recipient.
2007-12-09 15:07:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are no laws against this. Teachers should have every piece of information about their kids.
In fact, most schools RELY on the teachers knowing this information. I am the one who organizes, passes out and collects the lunch forms for my own students. Every teacher does this at my school, and have done so since I started 16 years ago.
Schools often use this classification as one of their data pieces. You said it yourself - the feds WANT schools to use this data "LEA can use this information for participation in school programs" - What is ambiguous about that?
2007-12-09 15:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by eastacademic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We were given a list of socio-economically disadvantaged students. This is a subgroup in state testing. I asked where the list came from. I was told it was students who qualified for free and reduced lunch. I am supposing it is not against the law.
2007-12-09 16:04:42 · answer #3 · answered by dkrgrand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is legal. I know who mine are. We were given lists to enter into demographics for a standardized test for NCLB. Frankly I could have easily guessed most of them, but knowing who they are has little to no effect on how I treat them.
Its really not that hard to be on free and reduced lunch. We have several teachers who's children are on the free and reduced lunch system because they have single parents.
2007-12-09 15:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, the teacher should be completely blind as to the student's socioeconomic background. All students, rich/poor or black/white, have an equal opportunity and chance to succeed.
2007-12-09 15:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by Dirk M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
pshhh i got give an F who knows about my free lunch... hell ill brag about it telling them i dont have to pay and they do its fun!
2007-12-09 15:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no they shouldn't...
that is a violation .....
2007-12-09 15:13:53 · answer #7 · answered by xitaliax1 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it is not illegal
2007-12-09 15:06:41 · answer #8 · answered by yipeepep 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋