3232 - Locker Searches Policy

Policy 3232

STUDENTS

Locker SearchesStudents may be assigned lockers for storing and securing their books, school supplies, and personal effects.  Lockers, desks, and storage areas are the property of the school district.  No right nor expectation of privacy exists for any student as to the use of any locker issued or assigned to a student by the school.

No student may use a locker, desk, or storage area as a depository for any substance or object which is prohibited by law or school rules or which poses a threat to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants of the school building or the building itself.

Any student’s locker, desk, or other storage area shall be subject to search if reasonable grounds exist to suspect that the search will yield evidence of the student’s violation of the law or school rules.  Any search of an individual student’s locker shall be conducted according to board policy governing personal searches.

All student lockers may be searched at any time without prior notice and without reasonable suspicion that the search will yield evidence of any particular student’s violation of the law or school rules.  If the school official conducting such a search develops a reasonable suspicion that any container inside the locker, including but not limited to a purse, backpack, gym bag, or an article of clothing, contains evidence of a student’s violation of the law or school rules, the container may be searched according to board policy governing personal searches.

The superintendent shall establish procedures for conducting searches of lockers, desks, or storage areas.

Cross References:       Board Policy 3231                  Searches of Students and Their Property

Legal References:       RCW   28A.600.210               School official searches of student lockers
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                                      WAC   180-40-215                  Student rights

 

Adoption Date:           August 23, 1994