Joanne R. Pompano
Objective: The purpose of this unit is to teach students the federal laws and amendments that provide opportunities and protection for disabled individuals
Goals:
1. Students will examine federal laws and amendments that concern privacy issues.
2. Students will examine federal laws and amendment concerning assess and opportunities persons with disabilities
Materials: Students will need access to the Internet to conduct research.
Websites: http://cnn.com/" http://cnn.com
http://findlaw.com/" http://findlaw.com
http://congresslink.org/" http://congresslink.org
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http://msnbc.com/" http://msnbc.com
Laws and amendments:
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA),
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Procedure: Students will locate the laws and amendments concerning privacy rights for disabled persons.
Each group will choose one privacy issue that they feel is not be addressed in the present laws and amendments. Students will discuss problems and develop a solution in the form of law or amendment.
The teacher will reviews criterion with students. Students will write a law or amendment dealing with a privacy issue. They should be encouraged: l. to use precise language 2. clearly stating the issue and why this law needs to be developed 3.to include consequences for noncompliance 4.to consider existing laws and 5. to provide a means of enforcement. The group will debate and reform the proposals within their group. The final wording and content will be decided by majority vote.
Each group will receive a suggested reading list. However, they will also develop their own reading lists. They will also be encouraged to use the Internet to conduct research.
The teacher will be available for clarifying issues, providing suggestions or direction, and for assisting in improving writing style.
Groups will present their proposals to the entire class.
Lesson Three. To create a magazine/journal concerning privacy issues
Objective: Each student will write an essay or editorial about a current issue of privacy rights
Goals:
1. Students will examine federal laws and amendments that concern privacy issues.
2. Students will collect articles from magazines, newspapers, journals, and books
3. Students will write, edit and publish a magazine containing articles and editorials written by students
Materials: Students will need access to the Internet to conduct research
Websites: http://www.cnn.com/" http://www.cnn.com
http://findlaw.com/" http://findlaw.com
http://msnbc.com/" http://msnbc.com
http://congresslink.org/" http://congresslink.org
Procedure:
Students will keep a notebook of articles from current newspapers and magazines. Students will collect articles from daily and weekly magazines, journals, newspapers, and book concerning issues of privacy in our daily lives. These articles will be shared and organized in files for future reference.
Each group will choose one privacy issue. Each group will select a privacy issue that they feel is not be addressed in the present laws and amendments. Students will discuss problems and develop a solution in the form of law.
Students will research issues and write essays, articles, or editorials about the subject. The best work will be included in a quarterly magazine edited by the students.
The students will:
1. Gain an understanding of problems disabled individuals encounter concerning privacy issues such as genetic enhancement, computerized data banks, reproduction rights and confidentiality rights.
2. Understand the use of non-medical use of genetic information by employers, insurance companies, and schools
3. Gain insight into the effects of the new technology in the fields of the privacy
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Footnotes:
1.Encyclopedia Britannica, “Privacy Rights” Britannica.com.Inc.,1999-2000
http://www.Britannica.com/
2.Ibid. http://www.Britannica.com/
3. Meyers v. Nebraska 262 US 390 (1923)
http://Laws.findlaws.com/us/2621/390.html
"No state ... shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law."
4. The Supreme Court in Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 SCT.564 72 L.ED. 944, (1928). This 1928 opinion of the Supreme Court held that wiretapping was not a violation of the fourth amendment. This decision was overturned in 1934 by the U.S. Federal Communication Act, which prohibits interception of communication.
http://library.thinkquest.org/2760/Olmstead.htm
5. Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965
The Court referred to 4th and 5th as protection against all governmental invasions "of the sanctity of a man's home and the privacies of life." The Court also described the 4th Amendment as creating a "right to privacy, no less important than any other right carefully and particularly reserved to the people."
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/griswold.html 23 Sept. 99
6. A Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Roe v. Wade found that States could not ban abortions in the first six months.
http://Encyclopedia.com/articles/11075.html 11-Jan-00
7. U.S. Privacy Act of 1974. Overview. http://www.library.findlaw.com/scripts/getfile.pl?FILE=federal/doj/doj00001\
8. Dept. of Labor, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Dept. of Justice, and Dept. of Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, Jan. 20, 1998 “Genetics Issues”
http://www.dol.gov/dol/_sec/public/media/reports/genetics.htm#16
9.Ibid. http://www.dol.gov/dol/sec/public/media/reports/genetics.htm#16
10. “Protecting the Privacy of Student Education Records,” Prepared by Policy Studies Associates, Inc. under contract of the Council of Chief State School Officers. National Forum on Education Stat sacs, District of Columbia.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs97/p97527/SEC2_SUM.HTM 7/19/00
11. Education for All Handicapped Children, (PL 94-142 or EHA)
This 1975 act provides for free and appropriate education and related services for all handicapped children in the least restrictive environment.
Electric Law Library http://192.41.4.29/def/i081.htm 16 Nov 98
12. Special Education Law-The Individuals with Disabilities Education for All
This article includes the text of this very important educational law that provides children with equal opportunities to educational services
http://www.wrightslaw.com/law/code_regs/20USC1400MyOverview.html 13-Jan-99
13. http://www.findlaw.com/scripts/titlesearch.pl?TITLE=Civil+Rights
14. http://www.C://WINDOWS\Desktop\Yale.2\EducationLaw.htm
15. Ibid.
16. C://’Window\Desktop\Yale.2\EducationLaw.htm
17. Ibid.
18. http://www.wrightslaw.com/law/code_regs/20USC1400MyOverview.html
19. Education Week: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
IDEA is a federal law passed in l975
http://www.edweek.org/context/glossary/idea.htm 25-May-00
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. http://www.library.findlaw.com/scripts/getfile.pl?FILE=federal/dol/ddol/000127
23. C://’Window\Desktop\Yale.2\EducationLaw.htm
24. Ibid
25. Ibid
26. Ibid
27. Ibid