lear@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU (eliot lear) (08/22/86)
I heard on the radio that the Warwick NY education administration has
taken preliminary steps to allow strip searches of students. The
report said that the measure would still have to go to the public of
before actually going into effect.
1) Does anyone know anything more about this?
2) Under what conditions would a strip search be considered legal?
eliot lear
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[lear@topaz.rutgers.edu]abc@BRL.ARPA (Brint Cooper) (08/22/86)
I don't know about strip searches, but in Harford County, Maryland, students are not judged to have any civil rights. They can be suspended from school without confronting their accusers. They can be arbitrarily hauled out of class and forced to reveal the contents of their pockets and wallets. They are suspended first and have their hearing with a representative of the Superintendent later. The Superintendent decides on long term suspension and expulsion (therefore acting as judge) but he does not preside over the hearing. The hearing is tape recorded and he is presented with a transcript! It's an irony that Maryland requires or soon will require a student to demonstrate a basic knowledge of 'citizenship' before being graduated from high school! Brint