A California lawmaker has introduced a bill to prevent public universities from requesting DNA samples from their students. The bill is a response to a controversial and voluntary DNA-testing program at the University of California at Berkeley intended to teach students about the importance of genetic medicine. The bill would impose an outright ban on nonmedical requests for DNA at California State University, but it would merely request such a ban at the University of California, which has a higher degree of autonomy from state regulations.
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4 Responses to California Legislation Would Limit Universities’ Use of DNA Tests
howardwang - July 16, 2010 at 5:09 pm
The California Legislature should spend their time and energy on getting the California economy straight, and restore funding for education before it becomes a third-rate education system.
hleggett - July 16, 2010 at 9:20 pm
@howardwang: It’s too late for that.
jamccain - July 17, 2010 at 5:34 pm
I agree howardwang, it is too late. And this phenomenon is not only affecting California. The United States fall at number 37 on the list for its education system. Why is this? The wealthiest and most powerful country in the world fall 37th on the list for its education system? Why aren’t we number 1? –or– is it because the United States has gotten so diverse and there has to be a system designed to “weed out” certain populations for opportunities and success? What better way than to use the educational system? It is on purpose folks. Why can’t California and all the other states in AMerica have what the HArvard kids have? Why isn’t it universal but for a select few? Again, it’s done on purpose.
sadirasonam - July 19, 2010 at 11:35 am
jamccain’s comment about “…system designed to weed out certain populations for opportunities and success…” is an interesting theory. From the get-go, I am doubtful that the Califonorina Master Plan is truly egalitarian. As our state’s economy turns for the worst, I am beginning to see that access to higher education is worsening. For a long time now, our legislators are totally oblivious to the relationship between an educated labor force and the State’s productivity, as our state’s deficit grows larger. Not only we need to vote into office more education-concerned legislators, we need to re-work the Master Plan.