Under the new policy, kids are encouraged to rat out other kids with smoky-smelling clothing. You Might Be a Redneck Sports Fan. The students reportedly complained of preferential treatment for minorities. A Boston English High School freshman who was caught with a bag of marijuana hidden in his shoe after he skipped classes was illegally searched by school officials, the state's highest court ruled yesterday. United States Rhode Island's Department of Education has upheld the suspension of a student for creating a sexually explicit song about a teacher and making it available over Napster.
Critics warn that school officials are extending their jurisdiction beyond the schoolhouse gates.
But critics and some some administrators question the tactic, believing it treads on students' privacy rights. About half of the District of Columbia's 13 council members support a new proposal that would force children as young as two into school. United States Members of the Washington, D.C., City Council are squaring off against each other and against civil libertarians over a proposal to take digital photographs and fingerprints of schoolchildren. Courts have generally struck down drug testing programs in public schools. An Alabama legislative panel objected to a public school's plan to test all students for drugs using hair clippings after two members complained it was unreliable and racially biased.