ERPOS Extreme Risks Protection Orders and their Impact Upon College Settings .

ERPOS allows law enforcement ; with approval from the court system to remove firearms from individuals who are a demonstrated threat to themselves or others and, temporarily prevent individuals from purchasing new firearms.  ERPOS is defined as Extreme  Risk Protection Orders. According to New ERPOS rules DOJ will provide emergency and crisis training to Stop school violence , furthermore ERPOS rules permits inquiry into college and university student back round  bypassing FERPA,  which provide students privacy from school officials to inquire about students past mental health; and or current mental health status. conversely FERPA also prevents parents from  inquiring about student college performance and how these relate to student mental health  This is  very surprising because FERPA is one of the only laws that protect students rights to privacy from pell grant lenders , scholarship and fellowship grantees , school officials , parents and other agencies interested in college students mental health status . On the other hand most recently Howard TH Chan school of public health reported on April of 2018 that mental health issues are already on the rise among college students . Opioid addiction is also on the rise among college students as is gun control issues . So why is ERPOS rules  such a concern ? because ERPOS does not Honor FERPA rules and can be used to invade a students privacy .

Analysis
Questions surrounding ERPOS are plentiful . One of the questions that I have regarding ERPOS  is can it also be used to evaluate student fitness for receiving a GI bill grant ? How will ERPOS be implemented into school campus ? What is the Middle States Commission role when ERPOS is implemented into campuses?    .How will this new Act affect professorship right to mold students , for instance in bioethics or ethics were students demonstrate change in mental status and development ; will this also be confused with an altered mental status were ERPOS might be used to erroneously implement vigilance upon a student because his demeanor has changed .

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