Module C
Official searches and phones
Reasonable suspicion at school versus a street arrest.
T.L.O. (1985) applied the Fourth Amendment to public-school searches but allowed a reasonable-suspicion standard rather than a warrant in many school searches.
Redding (2009) held a strip search of a 13-year-old unreasonable on those facts. Riley v. California (2014) is a police-and-phone case after an adult arrest; it is not by itself a student-handbook rule.
If a search is happening now, this site cannot represent you. Ask a trusted person. Afterward, write a timeline.
Related: open the rights page
Check questions
1. What standard did T.L.O. allow in many public-school searches?
2. What did Redding hold on those facts?
3. Is Riley a student-handbook rule by itself?
4. What should you write after a search?
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