SEARCH AND SEIZURE "Uniform
Code of Discipline...."
The constitutional protection against unreasonable search
and seizure as applied to students in public schools shall be
respected. When it is determined that there is a reasonable suspicion
that the student is in possession of an item, object, substance,
material and/or thing the possession of which is prohibited by law or
school rules or the possession of which is evidence verifying or
confirming a violation of law or school rules, the student shall be
subject to reasonable search and seizure. Student lockers, desks, or
other containers or storage areas assigned for student use remain the
property of the school district and subject to inspection by school
authorities at various times without the prior consent of the student.
Lockers, desks, or other containers or storage areas assigned for
student use are not to be used for the keeping of items, objects,
substances, materials and/or things which are not necessary to the
student's educational program or attendance at school. Any and all
such areas shall be subject to inspection and search in circumstances
which affect the health and safety of the student population.
Automobiles and or other means of transportation used by students to
travel to and from school shall be subject to reasonable search and
seizure when there is reasonable suspicion to believe that items,
objects, substances, materials and/or things, the possession of which
are prohibited by law or school rules or the possession of which is
evidence verifying or confirming a violation of law or school rules
are contained, stored, or secreted therein. Furthermore, when there
has been a pattern of possession of weapons and/ or dangerous objects
by students at school, on school premises, at school functions, or in
the vicinity of the school, and the administration in any school has
reasonable suspicion to believe that weapons or dangerous objects are
in the possession of students attending the school, the administration
is authorized to use stationary or mobile metal detectors to screen
the student population as a precautionary measure to reduce the threat
to the health and safety of students imposed by the possession of
weapons or other dangerous objects.
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