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Essex, Nathan L. – Education and the Law, 2005
The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution provides protection of all citizens against unreasonable search and seizure. The US Supreme Court has affirmed that the basic purpose of the Fourth Amendment is to safeguard the privacy and security of individuals against unreasonable intrusive searches by governmental officials. Since students possess…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Privacy, Public Schools, Search and Seizure

Johnson, Jeffery L.; Crowley, Donald W. – Educational Theory, 1986
In New Jersey v. T.L.O., the Supreme Court found that students have a right to personal privacy but that school officials need not obtain warrants to conduct searches if suspicion of wrongdoing is reasonable. The authors argue that the Court undervalues privacy and that students' right to privacy should be increased. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Privacy, School Policy, Search and Seizure
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1985
A recent Florida court decision provides an example of a textbook case of an unconstitutionl student search. The key distinction from the "New Jersey vs. TLO" case (a student search found to be constitutional) is that the teacher who searched the students had no reasonable cause. (MD)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Search and Seizure, Secondary Education
Burkoff, John M. – Oregon Law Review, 1979
Highlights some areas of Fourth Amendment doctrinal inconsistencies in Supreme Court decisions and recommends how these inconsistencies can and should be resolved. Available from School of Law, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Privacy, Search and Seizure
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1985
A Supreme Court ruling of January 1985 reversed a New Jersey Supreme Court decision of March 1984, which found a student search violated the Fourth Amendment. The reversal by the Supreme Court leaves unanswered some important questions about school searches. (MD)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Search and Seizure, Secondary Education, Student Rights
Hollister, C. A. – College Management, 1972
Four federal district court findings on the Fourth Amendment rights of college students. (Editor)
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Law, Search and Seizure, Student Rights

Donoghoe, Diane C. – Journal of Law And Education, 1972
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Legal Responsibility, Search and Seizure

Essex, Nathan L. – Clearing House, 2003
Considers how school officials face the delicate task of balancing a student's individual right to Fourth Amendment protection against their duty to provide a safe and secure environment for all students--a major challenge in cases involving intrusive searches. Discusses recent developments involving intrusive searches, previous court rulings…
Descriptors: Evidence (Legal), Search and Seizure, Secondary Education, Student Rights

Crockenberg, Vincent – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1989
The Supreme Court has issued only one decision on a case involving the rights of public school students to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Court's decision, while resolving the crucial issue of the appropriate standard for assessing student searches, left a number of important questions wholly unanswered. (IAH)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Search and Seizure
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1973
Although the law generally allows administrators to search lockers, this should not be viewed as a carte blanche right. Students do have some ownership rights, particularly with regard to other students. School officials are charged by the state with operating the schools and safeguarding the health, welfare, and safety of students and school…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, School Law, Search and Seizure
Vance, Julia M. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1978
Issues discussed include the circumvention of the First Amendment's guarantee to free press and the Fourth Amendment's guarantee against improper search and seizure. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Constitutional Law, Federal Legislation, Newspapers

Zirkel, Perry A.; Gluckman, Ivan B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in New Jersey vs. T.L.O. suggests the legality of student searches by school officials should not depend on strict adherence to the probable cause standard, but on its reasonableness of suspicion and scope. (DCS)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Privacy
Stader, David L. – 2001
A review of legal decisions provides thought-provoking considerations for administrators who want to deter drug use on campus. The United States Supreme Court has recognized that even a limited search of students is a substantial invasion of privacy, but also that school officials need to maintain school discipline. Guidelines for the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Search and Seizure

Clayton, Elwood M.; Jacobsen, Gene S. – NASSP Bulletin, 1974
This study identifies and analyzes federal and state court cases relating to the rights of students during the period 1960 to 1971. (Editor)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, School Law, Search and Seizure
Nedurian, Vram, Jr. – NOLPE School Law Journal, 1972
Discusses police-school relations in different situations -- (1) investigations in schools, (2) interrogations of suspects in schools, (3) arrest by police, (4) searches on school property, (5) law violations during school hours, and (6) prosecution of crimes (JF)
Descriptors: Crime, Delinquency, Demonstrations (Civil), Law Enforcement