( CNN ) -- A Louisiana charter school is changing a policy that required pregnant students to be removed from class and home-schooled , pending board approval , a school official said Thursday . `` The school has not eliminated its pregnancy policy at this time , '' said Chris Broussard , a spokesman for the Delhi Charter School . The details of the revision -- which would take effect after the school board weighs in and approves -- are not yet clear . Broussard said the law firm Davenport , Files and Kelly helped revise the policy to make it compliant with federal law , after it came under intense criticism from rights groups . Under the school 's current policy , posted on its website , `` The school reserves the right to require any female student to take a pregnancy test to confirm whether or not the suspected student is in fact pregnant . '' In cases where a test determines that one of the school 's approximately 700 students is pregnant , `` the student will not be permitted to attend classes on the campus of Delhi Charter School . '' Any student suspected of being pregnant who refuses to submit to a pregnancy test `` shall be treated as a pregnant student and will be offered home study opportunities . If home study opportunities are not acceptable , the student will be counseled to seek other educational opportunities , '' it said . In a letter sent to school officials , American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Marjorie R. Esman said the policy `` is based on the archaic and pernicious stereotype that a girl 's pregnancy sets a 'bad example ' for her peers -- i.e. , that in having engaged in sexual activity , she has transgressed acceptable norms of feminine behavior . '' News that the policy would be reviewed was welcomed by Louise Melling , director of the ACLU Center for Liberty , who described the policy as `` reminiscent of the '50s . '' August 15 is the first day of class .
`` The school has not eliminated its pregnancy policy at this time , '' said a school spokesman . In the past, students have been allowed to skip classes if they are unable to attend class because of their pregnancies. Broussard said a law firm helped revise the policy to make it compliant with federal law . School reserves right `` to require any female student to take a pregnancy test ''