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White, Janet M; Thomas, Stephen B. – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1987
This article reviews court decisions concerning drug testing among prisoners, military personnel, public employees, and school employees. Fourth Amendment considerations of unreasonable search and seizure are discussed. In developing drug testing policies school districts must review these decisions in order to both protect individual rights and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Abuse, Drug Legislation, Government Employees
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
By upholding a student's refusal to provide a urine sample, the Seventh Circuit Court correctly avoided further erosion of the Fourth Amendment's privacy principle. In "New Jersey v T.L.O." (1995), the U.S. Supreme Court shrunk the probable-cause standard to reasonable suspicion in the special context of public schools, retaining the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, High Schools, Privacy
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Keller, Michael L. – Journal of College and University Law, 1985
An award-winning law student article discusses the implications of a court decision concerning the legality of student searches on campus and the need for institutions to review their policies and attitudes toward increased scrutiny of student life. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation