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May 2, 2013
In Governance, Legal System, School Safety, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as custody, Fifth Amendment, Kentucky, Miranda, police, police activity, student discipline, student rights

Kentucky Supreme Court rules student was entitled to Miranda warnings before questioning by assistant principal in the presence of school resource officer

The Kentucky Supreme Court, in 4-3 split, rules that a high school student, who was detained in the school office for questioning by an assistant principal regarding giving prescription drugs to a classmate in the presence of a school resource officer, was entitled to Miranda warnings before the school official began the questioning, and therefore any incriminating statements elicited from the student are subject to suppression in a subsequent juvenile proceeding.

April 25, 2013
In Governance, Health & Nutrition, Legal System, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as 4th Amendment, Fourth Amendment search and seizure strip search, nurses, qualified immunity, search and seizure, Sixth Circuit, student health, student privacy, student rights, student searches, Tennessee

Federal appeals court rules school nurse has qualified immunity in suit over medically motivated examination of student’s genitals

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (MI, OH, KY, TH) has ruled that a school nurse, who conducted a medically motivated visual examination of the vaginal area of a 6 year old student, was entitled to qualified immunity from a suit alleging the nurse’s examination constituted an unreasonable search in violation of the student’s Fourth Amendment rights, because the right was not clearly established.

April 5, 2013
In Education Technology, Facilities, Property & School Business, Governance, Legal System, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as cell phone, Fourteenth Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Kentucky, open enrollment, search and seizure, Sixth Circuit, student, student assignment, student enrollment, student rights, student searches

Federal appeals court finds Kentucky out-of-district student entitled to Goss hearing prior to removal and cell phone search unconstitutional

The Sixth Circuit ruled that a school district violated an out-of-district student’s due process rights when it removed him from school without providing him with a pre-expulsion hearing, and violated his search and seizure rights when a school administrator viewed text messages on his cell phone that had been properly confiscated.

March 19, 2013
In Facilities, Property & School Business, Governance, Legal System, Religion, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as distribution of materials, First Amendment, Pennsylvania, Religion, religious materials, school board policies, school property, student free speech, student rights, Third Circuit, Tinker

Federal appellate court upholds injunction permitting distribution of Pennsylvania student’s Christmas party invitation

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that a Pennsylvania elementary school student is entitled to a preliminary injunction barring a school district from enforcing its materials distribution policy that prohibits the student from distributing to classmates flyers produced by a local church promoting a Christmas party.

March 19, 2013
In Legal System, School Safety, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as dog search, drug search, Eighth Circuit, Fourth Amendment, Missouri, search and seizure, student rights

Federal appellate court rules Missouri district’s use of drug dogs to screen student property is not unreasonable seizure

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled that a school district’s procedure for using drug dogs to survey areas of a school, including sniffing students’ personal belongings when not in their possession during the drug survey, did not violate a student’s Fourth Amendment seizure rights.

March 11, 2013
In Curriculum, Facilities, Property & School Business, Governance, Legal System, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as Hazelwood, Michigan, student dances, student free speech, student newspaper, student rights, student speech

Michigan district defend students’ journalistic freedom while some parents complain

The Ticker reports that although a recent article in the Traverse City Central High School’s Black & Gold newspaper has upset some parents, school district officials say the controversy presents a learning opportunity for students who worked on the paper.

February 19, 2013
In Athletics, Governance, Legal System, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as Athletics, extracurricular activities, New Jersey, school board policy, student conduct, student discipline, student rights

New Jersey district scraps “24/7″ student conduct policy

The Courier-Post reports that the Haddonfield School Board has voted to eliminate the “24/7” student-conduct policy at Haddonfield Memorial High School.

February 8, 2013
In Governance, Legal System, School Safety, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as breathalyzer test, Massachusetts, school board policy, school safety, search and seizure, student discipline, student rights

Massachusetts students sue to reverse school suspensions based on breathalyzer results

According to the Boston Globe, two Weymouth High School students are suing the Massachusetts local school system in state court over their breathalyzer-related suspensions after a homecoming dance.

November 1, 2012
In Governance, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as dress code, First Amendment, student rights, student speech, Utah

Utah administrator confiscates “I ♥ boobies” bracelet from student; deemed too risque for classroom

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that an administrator at Westridge Elementary School in Provo, Utah, confiscated a cancer awareness bracelet from a student that contained the message “I ♥ boobies” and was deemed too risque for the classroom.

October 25, 2012
In Governance, Legal System, School Safety, Student Rights & Discipline
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Tagged as Alabama, Fourteenth Amendment, Fourth Amendment, No Child Left Behind, pepper spray, seizure, student discipline, student rights, student safety

Alabama federal district court rules that claims of excessive use of force made by students maced by SROs can go forward

An Alabama federal district court has ruled that the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment claims made by several students for being subjected to chemical spray (mace) by school resource officers for minor nonviolent rules infractions are for a jury to resolve. The court also ruled that a student had stated valid constitutional claims against a school administrator for use of excessive force and excessive corporal punishment.

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Archived entries for student rights

Kentucky Supreme Court rules student was entitled to Miranda warnings before questioning by assistant principal in the presence of school resource officer

Federal appeals court rules school nurse has qualified immunity in suit over medically motivated examination of student’s genitals

Federal appeals court finds Kentucky out-of-district student entitled to Goss hearing prior to removal and cell phone search unconstitutional

Federal appellate court upholds injunction permitting distribution of Pennsylvania student’s Christmas party invitation

Federal appellate court rules Missouri district’s use of drug dogs to screen student property is not unreasonable seizure

Michigan district defend students’ journalistic freedom while some parents complain

New Jersey district scraps “24/7″ student conduct policy

Massachusetts students sue to reverse school suspensions based on breathalyzer results

Utah administrator confiscates “I ♥ boobies” bracelet from student; deemed too risque for classroom

Alabama federal district court rules that claims of excessive use of force made by students maced by SROs can go forward

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