RFID Controversy Heads to Federal Court Today

A federal judge in San Antonio will hear arguments today on the emotional and very controversial question of whether the Northside School District can require students to wear an RFID locator chip on their student i.d. card, 1200 WOAI news reports.

The panel will take up the case of Andrea Hernandez, a sophomore at the Science and Engineering Magnet School at Jay High School, who was removed from the magnet program and returned to her home campus of Taft High School after refusing to wear the RFID chip, and refusing to agree to a compromise which would have allowed her to remain at Jay without the chip.