Students make up almost half of the U.S population, with the number of students going up every year. With so many students there is bound to be some issues, in the past years, it has been a contentious topic “student rights.” The first and fourth amendments have had an increasing importance of student rights in public schools. The first amendment is often used in debates in expressing the limitations to students’ freedoms of speech and expression,religion. The discussion continues as families, school administrators, and the U.S. legal system seek to equalize student rights with the needs of public schools. Freedom of speech is probably the most misunderstood of all the five components, the freedom of speech has been altered many times in
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(Abrams, Floyd). The question that seems to come up a lot in arguments, does the Fourth Amendment apply to public schools. People argue that since school employees are government officials, so they do have the right. That they 're only acting in “good faith” of the school. Others argue that there needs to be “probable cause” and a warrant to search. The courts have stated that school officials only need “reasonable suspicion” in order to have a valid search. (Student Rights). An example of search and seizure would be an Arizona teenager, Savana Redding, who was strip-searched by school officials looking for prescription-strength ibuprofen pills. In the 2009 case, the Court ruled that the initial search of the girls backpack and clothes, was permissible. Some would have disagreed due to the fact that she had to strip to her underwear. (Student Rights).
In school for instance, there is a “zero-tolerance” policy meaning no second chance. If you 're caught doing something against the rules you are immediately kicked out. (Student Rights). For example, students have been kicked out for giving other classmates aspirin because it was considered a drug. Students have also been expelled for writing scary stories and doing it “too
(Abrams, Floyd). The question that seems to come up a lot in arguments, does the Fourth Amendment apply to public schools. People argue that since school employees are government officials, so they do have the right. That they 're only acting in “good faith” of the school. Others argue that there needs to be “probable cause” and a warrant to search. The courts have stated that school officials only need “reasonable suspicion” in order to have a valid search. (Student Rights). An example of search and seizure would be an Arizona teenager, Savana Redding, who was strip-searched by school officials looking for prescription-strength ibuprofen pills. In the 2009 case, the Court ruled that the initial search of the girls backpack and clothes, was permissible. Some would have disagreed due to the fact that she had to strip to her underwear. (Student Rights).
In school for instance, there is a “zero-tolerance” policy meaning no second chance. If you 're caught doing something against the rules you are immediately kicked out. (Student Rights). For example, students have been kicked out for giving other classmates aspirin because it was considered a drug. Students have also been expelled for writing scary stories and doing it “too