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Van Geel, Tyll – 1986
The Supreme Court in 1985 first addressed the issue of balance between a student's right to privacy as stated in the Fourth Amendment and school officials' need to maintain safety. This chapter summarizes the case, explores the meaning of the court opinion, and briefly discusses other issues. The case involved a 14-year-old girl (T.L.O.) whose…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Responsibility
Download full textLincoln, 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
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
Russo, Charles J., Ed.; Mawdsley, Ralph D., Ed. – 2002
This publication highlights and explains some 400 court cases from 2002 involving issues of school violence and safety. It is divided into four sections, or topics: (1) "The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure" (R. Mawdsley); (2) "Negligence" (W. Evans, Jr.); (3) "Assault on School Personnel" (M. Yates); and (4) "Drugs and Weapons in Schools" (M.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Court Litigation, Courts, Elementary Secondary Education
