Formerly HB 302, HB 1144 if passed will require all public school students entering kindergarten and sixth grade to provide documentation to the school that they have had a wellness exam. There is no reason why this documentation should be required. The public schools are required to accept all students given Louisiana's compulsory attendance laws.
Walt Leger III was the initial sponsor, but since the bill received approval in the House Education Committee, Steven Carter, Jeff Hall, Joseph Bouie and Chris Broadwater, all members of that committee, jumped in to co-sponsor. So, why then, are Democrat and Republican Reps. now working together to get this bill passed? Could Chris Broadwater's interest have anything to do with the Comprehensive Person Profile database he has hawked in the past?
The initial bill required the information to be collected on all students. But, since the constitution limits the state to authority over the public schools, the bill was amended by substitute to make sure that only public school students would be affected. Public school students have a right to privacy, too. Information regarding a child's health, or any citizen's health, is private information and the state has no business using our schools as a means to collect this or any other information on its citizens.
We sent an email to Rep. Leger requesting that he pull this bill when it was HB 302 and posted his reply and our reply here:
http://thepeoplellc.weebly.com/blog/hb-302-update-rep-leger-responds-and-so-do-the-people
Walt Leger III was the initial sponsor, but since the bill received approval in the House Education Committee, Steven Carter, Jeff Hall, Joseph Bouie and Chris Broadwater, all members of that committee, jumped in to co-sponsor. So, why then, are Democrat and Republican Reps. now working together to get this bill passed? Could Chris Broadwater's interest have anything to do with the Comprehensive Person Profile database he has hawked in the past?
The initial bill required the information to be collected on all students. But, since the constitution limits the state to authority over the public schools, the bill was amended by substitute to make sure that only public school students would be affected. Public school students have a right to privacy, too. Information regarding a child's health, or any citizen's health, is private information and the state has no business using our schools as a means to collect this or any other information on its citizens.
We sent an email to Rep. Leger requesting that he pull this bill when it was HB 302 and posted his reply and our reply here:
http://thepeoplellc.weebly.com/blog/hb-302-update-rep-leger-responds-and-so-do-the-people