Monthly Archives: March, 2010
Emory Scholars Review Search & Seizure Cases of Juveniles in US Courts
Juvenile law scholars at Emory University released their findings based upon its latest July, 2009 compilation/abstract of juvenile law decisions from every State on the questions of search, seizure and evidentiary 4th Amendment exclusion cases. The study looked at recent decisions involving students in the school and statements or admissions/confessions by these same students/juveniles. These [...]
Webcams, School Laptops & Alleged Student Drug Trafficking…UNBELIEVABLE!
A federal class action lawsuit (Robbins v. Lower Merion School District) has been filed against a school district in suburban Philadelphia alleging that its school-supplied laptops were improperly used to observe students in their homes. As part of what the school district characterizes as an anti-theft program, Lower Merion School District remotely activated cameras (web [...]
The ABCs of IEPs Part 2: The Annual IEP Meeting
This piece is the second in a series on IEPs. Last month’s newsletter spoke of the primary, critical role parents play in seeing that their children, who struggle in school every day, get the best professional evaluation. Your student’s evaluation is a formal step required by state and federal law. And you can be confident [...]
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