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Waters, Kevin Stewart; Russell, William Benedict, III – Online Submission, 2008
The Internet is a valuable educational tool being utilized in many classrooms today. However, Internet and computer policies restrict and limit how the Internet and computer can be used in a school. An Internet and computer policy typically limits students to use the Internet and computer for educational purposes. If a student violates this policy…
Descriptors: Discipline, School Districts, Court Litigation, Internet
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Trosch, Louis A.; And Others – Journal of Law and Education, 1982
Argues that school administrators encounter conflicts with the Fourth Amendment when they conduct searches of high school students. Discusses the reluctance of the courts to hold school officials to Fourth Amendment standards; why the Fourth Amendment should apply nonetheless; and an analytical model of how school searches can be accomplished.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Due Process
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1984
A current United States Supreme Court case will determine constitutional guidelines for school administrators in searching students for drugs and other school contraband. Thus far, the New Jersey Supreme Court has established a demanding standard for warrantless searches of students and their property, requiring respect for students'"valid…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Edmonson, Stacey L. – 2002
This report--part of a collection of 54 papers from the 48th annual conference of the Education Law Association held in November 2002-- discusses student drug testing in Texas public schools. It contains the results of a 2001 study of student drug-testing policies in all 1,056 Texas public-school districts. In response to the Supreme Court's June…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Drug Use Testing
Beyer, Dorianne – 1997
This digest presents a brief review of recent Fourth Amendment decisions that affect the rights of students and the parameters of schools' authority to maintain a crime-free environment. Although Federal decisions apply nationwide and do mark the boundaries of permissible state and local action, state and local laws and regulations must always be…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Crime, Discipline Policy
Walenta, Brian T. – 1995
Focusing on current United States Supreme Court decisions affecting the searching of students in school, this report also briefly examines the evolution of the right to education and student freedom of speech. Regarding search and seizure, since 1985 the Court has maintained that school officials are not exempt from the restrictions of the Fourth…
Descriptors: Civil Law, Civil Liberties, Criminal Law, Discipline Policy