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    Marc Alacqua and Carrie Hackett on whether it's legal

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And welcome back to foxnews.com live I'm Patti Ann -- eminent now -- issue that has become quite controversial and it is also our question of the day so pay attention if you would like to vote -- The question is should schools to require students to Wear ID cards that are embedded.

With electronic chips to track the students.

Whereabouts why are we asking this question because in fact two schools in Texas are doing just that they are in San Antonio it's a middle school.

At a high school.

And the students are required to have these ID cards and better do it with these.

So called RFID.

-- radio frequency identification technology.

Chips which are similar to a highway hole.

Attack.

And they say that this allows them to more accurately track the attendance.

At their schools some kids show up late and they're not marked as being present when in fact they are and why is it's so important -- because apparently it's about funding.

This schools in San Antonio get thirty dollars per day.

Per student.

Who reports to be present.

In schools so other funding is dependent on this and they say they want to make sure that they have an accurate count but needless to say there are concerns.

About big brother and now where does this all stop so I joining us now to discuss this issue.

We have our two guests right now we have mark a -- for joining us here on the set -- he's a former prosecutor army officer and joining us from our Atlanta bureau is -- Hackett a criminal defense attorney thank you both for joining us.

Related traffic let's start with carry what do you think about this.

Well from a legal standpoint I don't think that there is a privacy interests in schools and public schools.

But from a practical.

Standpoint as a mother it concerns me deeply it's it's.

For example it's like.

These students are cattle -- livestock.

And just have a number it's it's not that concerned with their dignity.

I'm with their individuality and I think that that's very concerning mark would say you know -- well.

So I didn't hear -- but it.

How can really show that though we have audio so that -- -- Kerry's comments.

She said that that dog legally.

She's not sure that you can object to it.

I don't I don't apparently paraphrase I think that's what -- she was saying that legally -- she thinks that there probably are allowed to do it but that's from the standpoint of being a mom she finds it very concerning.

I.

Think it I think she's probably right about don't legalize that but -- I think it's it's really kind of dumped from a lot of different reasons -- -- Just because.

You know the ID tag is in the school -- in the kids in the school like -- handed off my friend and you think I'm in the school and I'm not even there.

And secondly there -- less intrusive ways of doing it you could have easily and RFID tag.

You can have a scanner at the entry of the building and now you know people -- coming -- and going.

From the State's point of view if I resisted Texas I was say you know what I'm not paying -- -- today -- -- some human hand.

In this attendance.

Roll because the ID tag is not a student I don't know who's really there you know -- When I went to high school and and -- -- Sinai school and a very complicated way of tracking kids -- took attendance and -- plus you have and they put little piece of paper in the door and the vice principal checked to -- use yeah and you know the article.

That I read.

The school district was actually citing an early band practice it is true that in -- these kids through school and I mean I'm really sorry but you know the -- club where the band can't keep attendance who's in Maryland right into the office.

So yeah I think you know that I had a ways to figure that out.

Curious -- -- -- to mark's point you know every time somebody come up comes up with a new way to more accurately.

-- something you have people who are right in there figuring out a way to gain the system and get around it.

That's right and I think that one big problem with this particular system is that these tags.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- And students have figured out that they can -- -- to another student who is in fact in the school building.

And that when they get that -- to another school building essentially yeah.

The other student in the school shows up as to students so they can skip school they can be outside in the -- -- and they're counted as there.

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