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• W149463811 abstract "The teenage years are difficult, no doubt universally. However, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers often find the teenage period of their life to be not only difficult, but also overwhelmingly dangerous. In light of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,1 communities are seeking to find alternative means to ensure that all children are provided with adequate public education. The New York Department of Education has recently partnered with a unique program through the Hetrick-Martin Institute. The public school system has provided funds to expand a high school that will primarily serve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students who are at high risk for dropping out of the education system. Much debate has already begun over the public funding of this program, and a lawsuit has been filed as well. This note will examine the risks faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and why these students are in a unique position within our school systems. The mission of the Harvey Milk High School and its admission criteria will be examined, as well as the lawsuit that suggests this partnership is unconstitutional and the recent federal legislation that places that assertion in doubt. Finally, this note will suggest that the focus of both the courts and the school systems should be on assuring that all students are provided access to educational opportunities without risk of emotional and bodily harm. I. THE NEED FOR SAFETY: STUDENTS AT RISK Violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth has reached an unacceptable level. The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) conducted a study amongst LGBT youth in 1999 reporting that 41.7% did not feel safe in their school, and 69 percent had experienced some sort of harassment or violence.2 Possibly more disturbing was that more than one third of the students surveyed had heard homophobic remarks from faculty or staff while at school.3 This verbal and physical harassment places LGBT youth at greater risk, not only physically, but mentally according to the National Mental Health Association (NMA) website.4 The constant barrage of slurs and harassment directly impacts the mental distress. This environment contributes to the threefold higher suicide rate amongst LGBT youth.5 Additionally, these students suffer a dropout rate of 28 percent which is over three times the national average.6 These statistics are alarming and a cause for concern for parents and educators nationwide. Additionally, school administrators need to look closely at the legal and financial consequences of ignoring the dangerous school environment. The American Civil Liberties Union summarized eight lawsuits from 1998 to 2003 in which LGBT youth brought successful lawsuits against schools where they were harassed.7 In states from a broad-range of geographic areas, the courts awarded verdicts from $130,000 up to $451,000.8 In 2003, a federal appeals court ruled that schools can be held liable when they ignore the harassment.9 If the fear of allowing children to be driven out of school by bullying is not enough to bring reform, possibly the threat of high-dollar judgments can make reformers out of school administrators. With the statistics reported by SIECUS and the NMA, there is definitely a growing population of potential plaintiffs in our public schools today. Further, the cost of failure to matriculate from high school is immeasurable. For each student who cannot obtain a high school diploma, much less a college education due to harassment, the loss to our economy could prove even more costly. II. A DIFFERENT APPROACH: THE HARVEY MILK SCHOOL In 1985 the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a gay-rights youth advocacy group, opened the Harvey Milk School to provide a safe environment for high-school-aged children.10 In 2003, the New York City Department of Education began a partnership with the existing school to renovate and expand the facilities to accommodate more children with funding from the City. …" @default.
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• W149463811 title "New York's Harvey Milk School: A Viable Alternative" @default.
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