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Peer reviewedMajestic, Ann L. – School Law Bulletin, 1985
Discusses the Supreme Court's findings affecting searches by schools in "New Jersey vs. T.L.O.," reviews earlier school search cases, and explores the factors and circumstances the courts have considered in applying the "reasonableness" standard for assessing when a school's need for maintaining order outweighs a student's…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Privacy
Download full textLeming, Robert S. – 1992
This document presents "Indiana v. Jamie L. Curtis," a fictional court case stemming from the search by school officials of a student's bookbag. The case is based upon the actual U.S. Supreme Court case of New Jersey v. T.L.O., which involved similar facts. The document includes background materials on the Fourth Amendment to the U.S.…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Law Related Education
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1997
A case involving a strip-search of two second-grade girls in Talledega, Alabama, was dismissed with an eight-to-three vote by the 11th Circuit Court. The court issued an opinion on only one question in the case: whether the employees involved were entitled to "qualified immunity." Advises administrators to be cautious and permit strip…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Federal Courts
Peer reviewedLincoln, Eugene A. – Journal of Law and Education, 1989
In 1985 the United States Supreme Court concluded that the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures does apply to public school officials. Offers some hypothetical examples for public school officials to consider regarding mandatory urine testing and the reasonable suspicion standard. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Drug Use
Lincoln, Eugene A. – 1995
In "New Jersey v. T.L.O." the U.S. Supreme Court held that the prohibitions of the Fourth Amendment regarding unreasonable searches and seizures apply to student searches and seizures conducted by public school officials. However, the Court said the legality of a search should depend upon "reasonableness, under the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Due Process
Stephens, Ronald D., Ed. – 1988
The increased presence of drugs and weapons in schools has forced school officials to step up searches of students, lockers, and school property. The landmark case of "New Jersey vs. TLO" set standards concerning reasonable suspicion and reasonable searches. School officials must be familiar with recent court opinions on student…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Discipline Policy
Van Dyke, Jon M.; Sakurai, Melvin M. – 1992
The Fourth Amendment protects an individual's justified expectations of privacy against unreasonable government intrusions; however, reasonable intrusions are allowed when legitimate governmental interests are served. This volume is intended to provide guidelines for school administrators on how to conduct searches and seizures in a manner…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Check Lists, Constitutional Law
