Any implement or material confiscated shall be retained, catalogued, and secured by the principal so as to prevent the destruction, alteration, or disappearance until such time as the implement or material is given to law enforcement personnel for disposal. Upon proper school personnel confiscating any firearm, bomb, knife, or other implement which could be used as a weapon, or any controlled dangerous substance, the principal or designee shall report the confiscation to the appropriate law enforcement officials. No actions taken pursuant to this policy by any teacher, principal, administrator, or school security guard employed by the School Board shall be taken maliciously or with willful and deliberate intent to harass, embarrass or intimidate any student. If the student refuses to unlock the vehicle, proper law enforcement authorities shall be summoned and the student shall be subject to disciplinary action. If the automobile is locked, the student shall unlock the vehicle. If requested by parents, information about the search conducted shall be sent to the parents of the student involved.Īny automobile parked on School Board property by a student may also be searched at any time by school officials who have articulable facts which lead them reasonably to believe that items in violation of state law, School Board policy or school rule are contained therein. Detailed documentation by school personnel shall be made of all searches. At least one witness who is of the same sex as said student shall be present throughout the search. Random searches with a metal detector of a student or his/her personal effects may be conducted at any time, provided such searches are conducted without deliberate touching of the student.Īny search of student's person shall be done privately by a teacher, administrator, or security guard of the same sex as the student to be searched. Nature and severity of problem in overall school environment The relative importance of making the search without delay Reliability of the information used to conduct search Such factors to be considered in determining the manner in which searches may be conducted are: Such a search shall be conducted in a manner that is reasonably related to the purpose of the search and the nature of the suspected offense. Students shall have no expectation of privacy in use of the lockers which have been assigned to them.Īny student not present during the search shall be informed of the search immediately thereafter.Īny teacher, principal, administrator, or school security guard employed by the School Board, may search the person of a student or his/her personal effects when based on the attendant circumstances at the time of the search, there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the search will reveal evidence that the student has violated the law, School Board policy, or a school rule. The acceptance and use of locker facilities or the parking of privately owned vehicles on school campuses by students shall constitute consent by the student to the search of such locker facilities or vehicles by authorized school personnel. Any teacher, principal, administrator, or school security guard employed by the Ascension Parish School Board, having a reasonable belief that any public school building, desk, locker, area or grounds of any public school contains any weapons, illegal drugs, alcoholic beverages, nitrate based inhalants, stolen goods, or other items the possession of which is prohibited by any law, School Board policy, or school rule, may search such building, desk, locker, area or grounds of said public school. The Ascension Parish School Board is the exclusive owner of any public school building and any desk or locker utilized by any student contained therein or any other area that may be set aside for the personal use of the students.
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