FourthAmendment.com notes this decision out of the Eastern District Virginia: A 13-year-old male student was showing explicit pictures of a 14-year-old girl on his phone at school. The search of the phone by school officials was reasonable under T.L.O., and it led him to juvenile court. O.W. v. Sch. Bd. of the City of Va….
Category: Youth & Schools
Debates on student privacy rights leads to hostility at Chico Unified board meeting
Watch the news coverage of the heated meeting here: https://www.actionnewsnow.com/video/debates-on-student-privacy-rights-leads-to-hostility-at-chico-unified-board-meeting/video_e9547d8e-dbc9-5b08-bbef-1e9d352d74df.html
Ron DeSantis requested the medical records of trans students who sought care at Florida’s public universities. Now students are planning a statewide walkout.
Just when you think Governor DeSantis can’t get any more despicable, he does. Annalise Mabe reports: Students across Florida are planning a statewide walkout after Gov. Ron DeSantis requested all public universities comply in delivering data from student health services on transgender students who sought gender-affirming care at the institutions. DeSantis asked to see the records of any student who has experienced gender dysphoria in…
Florida Sports Board Removes Menstruation Questions From Medical Form
Amanda Holpuch and Remy Tumin report: Florida’s governing body for high school sports voted on Thursday to remove all questions about menstruation from medical forms required for student athletes, after an uproar that reflected anxieties about digital and reproductive privacy. Officials said that the form had been used for about 20 years, but the optional menstruation…