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Test Integrity in the Remote Learning Era: How Your School Can Avoid Privacy Violations

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A federal judge in Ohio just concluded that a university’s practice of conducting room scans for remote testing was unreasonable and a violation of a student’s Fourth Amendment privacy rights. The August 22 decision in...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Court Dismisses Student’s Claim That Confiscation of His Cell Phone While District Investigated Student’s Suspected Misconduct Was...

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Rorvik v. Snohomish School District, et al., 2018 WL 3917932.  The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington rejects student’s Section 1983 claims that District officials’ confiscation of his cell phone,...more

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Do I Smell a Problem? Considerations When Implementing Randomized Drug Dog Searches in Schools

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One of our favorite sources for Franczek email alerts is our readers, and we recently received a question from a Twitter follower about the legal considerations related to randomized dog searched in public schools. ...more

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Drug Testing Florida School District Job Applicants Is Tricky Business. Finally, Some Judicial Guidance

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Is mandatory drug testing for all school district job applicants constitutional? A recent case from the Eleventh Circuit suggests not. See Friedenberg v. Sch. Bd. of Palm Beach Cty., 9:17-cv-80221-RLR (11th Cir. 2018). ...more

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Latest Legal Developments On Student Searches

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Highhouse v. Wayne Highlands School District, — F.Supp.3d — 2016 WL 4679012 (M.D. Pa. Sept. 7, 2016): claims relating to unlawful strip search of student accused of stealing money against individual employees and a school...more

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