School strip searches mandated by House

http://worldnetdaily.com/ ^ | 9 23 06 | Joseph Farah

[freepatriot32]

wow is all i can say without getting suspended or banned

[SubMareener]

The invisible foot of government strikes again!

[mountn man]

And to think, there are still people adamantly against homeschooling. And their chief argument is socialization!?

[goldstategop]

I oppose the bill. The government has no business searching children without parents prior consent.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[nmh]

"Even though student molestations seem to be reaching epidemic proportions in schools across America, the House of Representatives has approved a tough new anti-drug and anti-weapon law that would require local districts to develop search policies – including strip searches – with immunity against prosecution for teachers and staff."

At first I was horrified. Then I noticed World Net Daily is peddling this and I felt better. WND has a nasty habit of embellishing things to an extreme.

[Mrs. P]

One more good reason to home school your kids.

[E Rocc]

Some fear the mandate for random, warrantless searches of every student, at any time, on any pretext – with immunity from prosecution – could create problems worse than drugs and weapons on campus.

An understatement, especially the part about immunity from prosecution. I wouldn't be suprised if this abomination also lets teachers search students without the prior knowledge of their parents.

-Eric

[ASA Vet]

The government has no business searching children without parents prior consent

If those parents searched their own children the government would charge them with a criminal sexual offense.

[LowOiL]

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[zook]

"The government has no business searching children without parents prior consent. "

I disagree. As the USSC has held, and as common sense demands, there are times when searches--even intrusive searches--are justified within a school. The Court has held that the intrusiveness of the search must be commensurate with the threat to health and safety. Yes, indeed, I want school authorities upon reasonable suspicion of significant threat to be able to search lockers, book bags, and even students themselves.

[Kakaze]

" Some fear the mandate for random, warrantless searches of every student, at any time, on any pretext – with immunity from prosecution – could create problems worse than drugs and weapons on campus "

Condition them from birth that they have no right to refuse the search or breach of their person.

It starts with cops and 'safety " officers hovering over them to inspect their child safety seats. Some states have even gone so far as to include a set of scales and a tape measure in state trooper cars to enforce these laws..

Then they go to school and they tell them for their own good, these dogs will sniff and inspect them, their backpacks , and their person are subject to an animals whim to please its master and score a hit.

Most money is contaminated with drug residue so....we'll just inspect you for your own good.

Do your parents do anything you think is wrong....just tell us we'll "help"

Condition them young..controll them for life.

[raybbr]

Reagan describes a situation, in Pennsylvania I belive, where 8th grade girls were given vaginal searches/exams for venereal diseases/abuse. The parents sued and lost.

[nancyvideo]

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This is a result of 40 years of liberal 'feel-good' policies at the expense of the three R's

[Bernard]

The biggest addiction problem in this entire article is the state addiction to federal money. Turn down the money, stop having crazy people in Washington write the rules.

[Wolfie]

Gotta love America. All this screeching about how free we are, all the while tightening the chains.

[michigander]

Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2006 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)

HR 5295 EH

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 5295

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AN ACT

To protect students and teachers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2006'.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:

(1) The United States Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics reported in the 2005 Indicators of School Crime and Safety that in 2003 seventeen percent of students in grades 9-12 reported they carried a weapon. Six percent reported having carried a weapon on school grounds.

(2) The same survey reported that 29 percent of all students in grades 9-12 reported that someone offered, sold, or gave them an illegal drug on school property within the last 12 months.

(3) The United States Constitution's Fourth Amendment guarantees `the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures'.

(4) That while the Supreme Court affirmed the Fourth Amendment's application to students in public schools in New Jersey vs. TLO (1985), the Court held that searches of students by school officials do not require warrants issued by judges showing probable cause. The Court will ordinarily hold that such a search is permissible if--

(A) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting the search will reveal evidence that the student violated the law or school rules; and

(B) the measures used to conduct the search are reasonably related to the search's objectives, without being excessively intrusive in light of the student's age, sex, and nature of the offense.

(5) The Supreme Court held in Board of Education of Independent Sch. Dist. 92 of Pottawatomie County vs. Earls (2002) that random drug testing of students who were participating in extracurricular activities was reasonable and did not violate the Fourth Amendment. The Court stated that such search policies effectively serve the School Districts interest in protecting its students' health and safety.

SEC. 3. SEARCHES BASED ON REASONABLE SUSPICION.

(a) In General- Each local educational agency shall have in effect throughout the jurisdiction of the agency policies that ensure that a search described in subsection (b) is deemed reasonable and permissible.

(b) Searches Covered- A search referred to in subsection (a) is a search by a full-time teacher or school official, acting on any reasonable suspicion based on professional experience and judgment, of any minor student on the grounds of any public school, if the search is conducted to ensure that classrooms, school buildings, school property and students remain free from the threat of all weapons, dangerous materials, or illegal narcotics. The measures used to conduct any search must be reasonably related to the search's objectives, without being excessively intrusive in light of the student's age, sex, and the nature of the offense.

SEC. 4. ENCOURAGEMENT TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

(a) In General- A local educational agency that fails to comply with section 3 shall not, during the period of noncompliance, receive any Safe and Drug Free School funds after fiscal year 2008.

(b) Definition- In this section, the term `Safe and Drug Free School funds' includes any funds under Part A of Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Passed the House of Representatives September 19, 2006.

Attest:

Clerk.

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 5295

AN ACT

To protect students and teachers.

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