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Download full textNowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2022
In recent years, researchers, advocates, parents, and students have raised concerns about equity in school dress codes. Concerns have included the detrimental effects of removing students from the classroom for dress code violations. A committee report accompanying H.R. 7614 included a provision for the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Dress Codes, School Safety, Equal Education
Peer reviewedFerraraccio, 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
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
In July 2000, the Commonwealth Court (of Pennsylvania) issued a decision upholding Bethlehem School District's 10-day suspension of a middle-schooler who had created a website that childishly ridiculed a teacher and the principal. This decision is another that subordinates students' 14th Amendment rights to school-safety concerns. (MLH)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Freedom of Speech, Internet
Peer reviewedStefkovich, Jacqueline A. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1996
In recent years, public school students have been searched with metal detectors and occasionally sniffed by dogs or strip searched. Their lockers and bookbags have been searched, and their urine has been tested for drugs--all in the name of school safety. This article explores the legal ramifications of such searches and calls for a critical…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedBaker, Mary Gordon – Journal of Law and Education, 1987
Student privacy rights and the increase in student violence present conflict of interests in schools. The effects of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) on this conflict are reviewed as well as liability of schools and court decisions relating to issue. The challenge to educators is to protect student privacy while providing…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Medaris, Michael L.; Campbell, Ellen; James, Bernard – 1997
Maintaining safe schools requires the forging of partnerships to share information between schools and youth-serving agencies, including the police department, court system, youth parole and probation offices, and child protective services. All public elementary and secondary schools are subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Confidential Records, Disclosure
Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Martha M.; Webb, L. Dean – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
School administrators are challenged to maintain the delicate balance between protecting individuals' rights and ensuring the general welfare by maintaining a safe, secure learning environment. Legal principles and precedents governing restrictions on student appearance, privacy and procedural rights, harassment and hate crimes, and suicide are…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Due Process
