"The Student Teacher Safety Act of 2006 (HR 5295) is a bill that would require any school receiving federal funding (essentially every public school) to adopt policies allowing teachers and school officials to conduct random, warrantless searches of every student, at any time, for essentially any reason they want. All they would have to do is say they suspect one of their students might be carrying drugs, and then they could conduct a wide scale search of every student in the building. These searches could be pat-downs, bag searches, or strip searches depending on how far school administrators wanted to go."
And what's more, what happens to a student who refuses to submit to a strip-search (perhaps it's a girl who has a history of sexual abuse, for example)? Are you just going to start ripping her clothes from her body? Yeah, this really sounds like a free country....
2006-09-29 08:46:33 · 14 answers · asked by Maggie_21 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I would just like to remind people that abuses of this sort of thing have already occurred, long before this bill ever came up. Just as one example -- in one school, members of the SWAT team were called in on SUSPICION of student drug possession. They pointed guns at students and hand-cuffed them while their bags and lockers were searched. No drugs were ever found.
Hmm... that should make for an interesting answer to the conventional query: "How was school today, honey?"
2006-09-29 10:06:37 · update #1
That's what happens when you allow the government to control too much of your lives. There is nothing in the Constitution regarding public schools. You have no guarantee of a free education, but people like to get free stuff, so they gladly let the government set up schools at no direct cost to the parents.
It may not be right, but all they have to do to make it legal is pass a law saying it is. You are on government property, and you do not have the same rights you do elsewhere.
Vote for the candidate that is going to get government OUT of your life, not the one who promises you more and more freebies. This is where it always ends up. Look at NYC - first they banned smoking, and a lot of people cheered. Now they want to tell chefs what ingredients they can use in their recipes.
Don't give the government an inch, they will always take a thousand miles more than you can possibly imagine. As soon as you say, "But they wouldn't do that," you've given them permission to do it because you won't see it coming until it's too late.
2006-09-29 08:50:22 · answer #1 · answered by FozzieBear 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I dont believe that a school representative has the right to search any student. I believe only the police have that right, with parents permission if the student is under 18 yrs of age. And a wise parent should call a lawyer before consenting to have their child strip searched, or searched in any way for that matter.
2006-09-29 08:58:17 · answer #2 · answered by kari 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They could do their best but this is a direct violation of the ammendment in the bill of rights that protects citizens from unfair search and seizures.
If it is passed the ACLU will take it up and have the SCOTUS rule it unconstitutional.
2006-09-29 08:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They did that one time at my old school, about 2 days after i left.)Thank Goodness) Some of my old classmates ended up on daytime talk shows regarding the issue.
The reason for the strip search.....$20.00 had come up missing from someones purse during a gym class.
2006-09-29 08:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
nope, you stand your ground. If they violate you, you sue them. End of story. Period. Just keep your nose clean, and the likelihood that anything will happen is pretty low. BTW, I feel that the voting age should be dropped to 16 years old. That way youngsters have a say in laws that are passed regarding them.
2006-09-29 08:52:20 · answer #5 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i'm sure the parents or a police officer would need to be present for a strip search. your blowing this out of the water, no school would risk being sued and possible jail time for strip searching a student, you are an idiot.
2006-09-29 08:49:29 · answer #6 · answered by jay d 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Don't they do that anyway when they put metal detectors at entrances and search backpacks before entering the grounds?????
It does suck but so does the gun violence that has been increasing since the late 80's. Kinda like the snake eating itself.
2006-09-29 08:52:04 · answer #7 · answered by Lotus Phoenix 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i think should be done how ever what i dont agree with is teachers doing this all the teachers in my day were bent fvckers and perves no if thay want this done it should be carried out by the police and police only
2006-09-29 08:52:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
They can do all of this now already. They just need to get perental approval. Our school does this and expels child of any parent that disallows it. It's a good thing. Our school is drug free now!
2006-09-29 08:54:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
No. That is not what is says. Read the full text http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-5295
2006-09-29 08:52:46 · answer #10 · answered by lobo 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋