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Assessing Columbine's Impact on Students' Fourth Amendment Case Outcomes: Implications for Administrative Discretion and Decision Making
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Torres, Mario S., Jr.; Chen, Yihsuan – NASSP Bulletin, 2006
This study examined Columbine's impact on case outcomes related to student searches and its implications for civil liberties and school leader discretion. Using data from 236 court cases since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of New Jersey v. T.L.O. in 1985, critical search dimensions and outcomes (e.g., level of suspicion) were examined using…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, State Courts
Metal Detectors in the Public Schools: Fourth Amendment Concerns.
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Ferraraccio, Michael – Journal of Law and Education, 1999
Asks whether proponents' justifications for using metal detectors to counteract school violence are compelling enough to override students' privacy interests. Concludes that there are serious constitutional concerns raised by using metal detectors. The rationale for upholding school searches in other contexts does not apply to metal-detector…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Privacy, Public Schools
School Violence, School Reform, and the Fourth Amendment in Public Schools.
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Stefkovich, Jacqueline A.; Guba, Gloria J. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1998
Discusses administrator responsibility and student rights under the Fourth Amendment. Reviews search and seizure case law in school settings, highlighting "New Jersey v. TLO,""Vernonia v. Acton," and other landmark decisions. Some experts advocate a moral or cultural ethos fostering a sense of family and community, character…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Court Litigation, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education