Student Searches

STUDENT SEARCHES


Sigsbee Charter School personnel are authorized under Florida statute (Title XLVIII, Chapter 1006.09) and case law to search a student’s person, belongings, locker, and other items related to the educational environment. School personnel must have reasonable suspicion that the search will result in evidence that the student has violated the law or the school or district Code of Student Conduct. Neither student nor parent/guardian consent is required for a search conducted by school personnel.


The school SRO will conduct any and all student searches for potential weapons, except in an emergency circumstance wherein the SRO is not immediately available, and delay might result in increased risk of harm to self or others.

Reasonable suspicion requires that the search must be justified at inception and reasonable in its scope and weighs heavily in favor of the school when the safety of the student or student body is in question.


Examples of searches justified at inception include but are not limited to the following:


A “search” consists of one or more of the following conducted by school personnel:


District Code of Conduct, the following actions will be taken as necessary and appropriate: