The Formulation of AIDS Policies: Legal Considerations for Schools

Abstract:
The AIDS policy paradigm presented in this monograph will facilitate the processes of policy formulation and evaluation at the district level. Recognizing the present level of confusion regarding AIDS and its impact on the public school environment, this policy paradigm will provide an important mechanism for structuring school district responses to the dilemma of AIDS throughout the country. This monograph contributes to the policy development literature of public school administration by filling part of the information void that exists within the field of education concerning pandemic diseases. Within the last few years, district policy response to epidemic disease has been complicated by public fear and misinformation. This circumstance has threatened to submerge the educational community in a sea of ignorance which advocates the use of irrational policy approaches in dealing with the dilemma created by the AIDS epidemic. The substantive and procedural due process direction provided by this monograph will enable district officials to effectively balance the health rights of the many against the personal rights of the few during the present health crisis.

Author(s): WELKER, Matthew; PELL, Sarah


Date Published: 4/1/1992

Pages: 134

Comments:
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Location Code: 9062