Schools / Students

Student free speech, searches, discipline, and privacy rights in school.

Can School Officials Search My Locker or Backpack? Often YES — but only on 'reasonable suspicion.' Students keep Fourth Amendment rights at school, but the bar for a search is lower than the probable cause police usually need.

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