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Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1996
When school employees investigate alleged misconduct by students, they must follow school rules and federal and state laws. A school-locker search in a recent case from Indiana--"S.A. versus State"--illustrates the importance of employees and students knowing the rules governing investigations, and of specific employees being given the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, School Law
Peer reviewedMajestic, Ann – School Law Bulletin, 1987
Although the Supreme Court has answered the important questions concerning the constitutional requirements for searches of students by school officials in the public schools, many issues remain unresolved. School officials are advised to proceed with caution, particularly with regard to strip searches, mass searches, and dogs to sniff students…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Johnson, Robert S. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Before electing to utilize metal-detection devices for random weapons searches of students, school districts should be prepared for the possibility of having to litigate the legality of their policies. Reviews the limited case law on the subject, and offers recommendations to districts that decide to proceed with the development of such a policy.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Responsibility, Policy Formation
Download full textMinnesota House of Representatives, St. Paul. Research Dept. – 1989
This document examines the Fourth Amendment as the source of search and seizure law; drug testing of school employees; and drug testing searches of students. The United States Supreme Court case that established the two-part test to determine the legality of a student search is discussed, three separate student drug testing programs that have been…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Educational Legislation
Gittins, Naomi E., Ed.; And Others – 1986
This volume of seminar presentations covers a broad range of legal issues affecting public schools. The first chapter summarizes employee free speech developments since "Connick v. Myers" (1983), a United States Supreme Court decision upholding a district attorney's right to dismiss a transferred assistant for circulating a controversial…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Courts, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Rossow, Lawrence F. – 1987
This monograph attempts to provide clear understanding of the standards presented by the Supreme Court in "New Jersey v. T.L.O." relative to search and seizure in public schools, and suggests practical ways of applying search and seizure law to situations in the school setting. ("T.L.O." are the initials of the anonymous…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
