Are teachers allowed to search school bags without the pupils permission or if the school don't have a warr?
I go to a school in the UK, and hoodies have been banned. Can the school teachers, legally, search the pupils bags and confiscate any non-school uniform without their permission? I thought the teachers had to have a warrant?
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1 :
at the school I teach at if we see the kids acting odd we do search we first ask the principal then we do and at the end of the day we tell the parents.
2 :
yep, teachers now have the powers to perform body searches too.This is in line with the anti-knife war;///// http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6704563.stm
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in the U.S its like this if the principal has a suspicion he can go through your locker bag but not your person he cant touch you only a police officer you can ask for one if you dont consent beacuase even though you are on school grounds you still have rights dont know how it is over their but this is how its here
4 :
a warrant lol, no they don't need that but however they can't go into ur bag without ur knowledge.......they can tell u to open it but if they feel ur a treat to the school and ur some dumb sick stupid kid with a weapon then yep they have the right to search b/c it's their job to protect all other kids btw teachers are awesome and u won't know it now, until ur older then
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in my oppinion i would say no....but the teachers would have to be pedifiles to want to body and cavity search kids
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No, they don't have to have a warrant. Remember, you are on government property as long as you are in school and as such, you are under their care and protection. If the teacher decides that you may have "illegal" things on your person or in your locker, they can search for and confiscate them. It's up to you to know what you can or can't bring into school.
7 :
They cannot, and you can report them
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