The bill then blackmails the school with this:
(a) In General- A local educational agency that fails to comply with section 3 shall not, during the period of noncompliance, receive any Safe and Drug Free School funds after fiscal year 2008.
This is how the entire gov't funding system works at all levels and in all
areas: education, healthcare, law enforcement, etc. Name any kinds of
service that receives a dime of public money and there are strings atttached.
I have never heard of a school staff member ever doing a "body cavity
search" on a student and anything that went beyond emptying pockets
resulted in lawsuits. Schools are well aware that they are not the TSA.
If there's some question of something being hidden on someone's person
or something requiring further investigation as a potential criminal/child
welfare matter, they call the cops. The student is hauled out and parents
meet them later. What happens with cops and latex gloves after that is
anyone's guess, but in any case the student will be detained.
While detained it is no problem to get a state child welfare/health agency
to file a petition and get a court order. My favorite petitions were always
the ones that were signed by the agency's attorney in advance with the rest
of the form blank to be filled out as cases popped up......
People, I'm not really sure what "new" things this law will do.