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Injunction Blocks "Don't Be Friends" Law For Missouri Teachers

Posted by timothy on from the you-can't-be-friends-says-the-government dept.

Mr.Intel writes "A Missouri Circuit Court granted an injunction today, blocking the state law (PDF) that would ban all electronic communication between teachers and students, including their own children that was set to take effect on Sunday."

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  1. Re:Anyone have a link to the decision? by SrLnclt · · Score: 4, Informative

    I believe this is what you are looking for... (warning: PDF) http://www.msta.org/files/resources/publications/injunction.pdf

  2. Maybe they'll search for a better solution ... by MacTO · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The jurisdiction that I'm licensed in didn't make electronic communications with students illegal, but the teacher licensing body did create a set of guidelines. Even though I don't entirely agree with those guidelines, they don't: force the disclosure of a teacher's electronic communications; dictate what types of services a teacher can or cannot use; or create absurd situations, such as the children of a teacher scenario. The worse that can happen for violating those standards is the loss of your teaching license, so you can still have a life outside of teaching if something does go wrong. (Assuming that you didn't go anything criminal.)

    I would also like to see some education on the parental front. I would much rather a parent monitoring my communications with a child than my employer. After all, it is the parent who is ultimately responsible for the upbringing of the child and it is the parent who should be deciding the boundaries that other adults have with their children.

  3. Re:Every legislator that voted for it should resig by chispito · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They took an oath "I do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will support the Constitution of the United States ...". Voting for a law that clearly violates the Constitution means they violated their oath of office.

    And this is different than all the other countless times a law has been struck down... how?

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    The Daddy casts sleep on the Baby. The Baby resists!
  4. Re:Every legislator that voted for it should resig by SeaFox · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Saying you're that stupid you didn't recognize a law would be a violation of the Constitution should then be construed as the rep is incompetent for their job -- and should still resign.

  5. Re:stupid micromanagement by malsbert · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Thank you, I needed a good laugh.

    The wast majority, Of child abuse cases, Involves one or both of the childs parents. If you add the rest of the immediate family, Almost all cases of child abuse, Is accounted for.

    If you are afraid that a teacher will abuse you children, Then stop sending your children to Sunday "school".

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    "Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." - Denis Diderot.