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Michigan upset - children fingerprinted w/o permission [CNN]
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> CHILDREN'S FINGERPRINTING RILES MICHIGAN PARENTS
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> fingerprint graphic January 29, 1998
> Web posted at: 3:51 p.m. EST (2051 GMT)
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> DETROIT (AP) -- Parents and legal experts have identified a problem
> with Michigan standardized testing -- 122,000 fifth-graders provided
> their fingerprints without permission.
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> The public-school children had to fill out a "Fingerprint
> Investigation Journal" as part of the science segment on the
> Michigan Educational Assessment Program.
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> "It's offensive," said Andrea Lang of St. Clair Shores, who learned
> that her 10-year-old daughter provided fingerprints for the test
> last week. "It's an invasion of privacy. Only criminals get their
> fingerprints taken."
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> The fingerprint journal was merely a hands-on experiment designed to
> make the science portion of the test more interesting, Peter Bunton
> of the MEAP office, said Wednesday.
>
> State law says that with few exceptions, children's fingerprints
> can't be obtained without parents' permission. Bunton said he was
> unaware of the law.
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