Are school officials allow to have student disrobe for a search?
It depends on what they’re looking for and what evidence they have that the student might have hidden it in an area that would be allowed in a strip search. This summer, in an 8-1 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that an Arizona girl’s rights were violated when school officials made the 13-year-old disrobe in order to search for (no joke) Tylenol. See link below to NY Times article, which also links to the Court’s opinion. In addition to the Constitution, state statutes and district policies in Garden Grove might make the search unlawful even if the Constitution doesn’t.
