NCJ Number
110390
Journal
Children's Legal Rights Journal Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Dated: (Fall 1987) Pages: 9-14
Date Published
1987
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This article summarizes decisions by circuit courts and the United States Supreme Court concerning public school student rights and responsibilities related to speech and expression, publications, due process, searches, self-incrimination, religion, student records, equal access to public school property, immunization, compulsory attendance, and race discrimination.
Abstract
The Supreme Court ruled that students in public school are not afforded the same protections in the use of offensive forms of expression as are adults in non-school settings. Other judicial decisions made similar distinctions related to plays and movies. Two circuit courts have recently ruled that high school newspapers were public forums for the purpose of First Amendment analysis. Due process decisions focused on liberty, property interests, and procedural due process. In New Jersey v. T.L.O., the Supreme Court established standards for valid searches of students in the school setting and ruled that a search must be based on reasonable grounds at its inception and must be reasonable in its scope. Summaries of additional decisions and 42 footnotes.