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Stader, David L. – Clearing House, 2002
Notes that students' legitimate expectations of privacy and school officials' need to maintain school discipline and safety often collide. Outlines guidelines for searching in the following instances: student lockers; drug dogs; student trips; strip searches; and urinalysis. Suggests that training for all administrators, faculty, and staff in the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Drug Use Testing, Management Development
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Stader, David L. – Clearing House, 2001
Reviews some legal and procedural guidelines pertaining to freedom of expression and due process in how teachers and administrators handle student verbal or symbolic threats. Reviews school cases related to freedom of expression, written expression, verbal or written expression off school property, and Internet expression. Offers recommendations…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Educational Policy, Freedom of Speech
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Stader, David L. – Clearing House, 2004
The 1994 Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA) requires a minimum one-year expulsion for students who bring firearms to school. Although GFSA is not a zero-tolerance law, many school policies enacted in response to GFSA are often referred to as "zero tolerance." Zero tolerance generally is defined as a school district policy that mandates predetermined…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Board of Education Policy, Public Schools, Zero Tolerance Policy
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Stader, David L.; Francis, Dannie B. – Clearing House, 2003
Examines litigation involving academic freedom, expressive freedom, and drug testing as examples of the shifting balance between teacher rights and school board authority. Concludes that balancing teacher rights with community expectations is difficult, and the scales of justice may not always tip in favor of a teacher's rights. (SG)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Elementary Secondary Education