Case Fact
Legal Standards
Who Won?
Reasonable or Not?
Modern Connections
100

A teacher found rolling papers ina student's purse...what case?

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

100

The standard used for searches in schools after T.L.O.

Reasonable suspicion

100

Did the student or school win in T.L.O.?

The school

100

Searching a locker after hearing a rumor.

Reasonable (lower privacy expectation in school lockers)

100

Which case could apply to a teacher checking a student's text messages?

T.L.O. (school search)

200

This case began with random drug testing for student-athletes.

Vernonia School District v. Acton

200

The higher standard usually required for a warrant

probable cause

200

Did Vernonia's drug testing policy stand?

Yes- the school district won

200

Strip-searching a student for painkillers.

Unreasonable (Safford) 

200

Which case might protext privact in phone tracking by schools?

Carpenter

300

This case extended drug testing to all extracurricular participants.

Board of Ed. v. Earls

300

This doctrine allows warrantless searches in schools for safety reasons

special needs doctrine

300

Who won in Earls?

The school (policy upheld)

300

Random drug testing for football players

reasonable (vernonia)

300

Why do athletes have less privacy than other students?

*Will take multiple answers, up to teacher's discretion*

The voluntarily join teams with safety rules (Vernonia) 

400

A 13- year old girl was strip-searched for ibuprofen.

Safford v. Redding

400

What standard did Terry v Ohio establish?

Reasonable suspicion for stop-and-frisk

400

Who won in Safford v Redding?

The student (search was unconstitutional)

400

Searching every student's phone for bullying tests.

Unreasonable (no individualized suspicion)

400

Which case warned schools not to make searches overly intrusive?

Safford v. Redding

500

Police obtained months of phone location data without a warrant.

Carpenter v. United States

500

In Carpenter, what was required before obtaining cell-site data?

A warrant based on probable cause

500
Who won in Carpenter v. U.S.?

Carpenter (privacy protected)

500

checking attendance through phone GPS data

Unreasonable without consent or warrant (carpenter)

500

How might Carpentener change the Court's view of digital school searches?

It raises privacy expectations for modern technology