It is now easier for teachers to search students.
It seems that invading the privacy of teenagers and treating them like they are nothing more than overgrown children is a high priority for the US government. It's bad enough that students are asked to pee in a cup before being allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities. But to think that schools will be required to implement policies that allow/require teachers to conduct random warrantless searches on students is indeed frightening. So long forth amendment!
Really great teachers serve to inspire their students and build trusting relationships. In my time working in the educational system I have had students talk to me about very personal issues. I can not imagine how fractured the relationships between students and teachers would be if a student had to endure having their personal belongings gone through by trusted authority figures.
This also forces teachers to fight a drug war they may not agree with. Nobody should have to spend any time in jail for injesting the wrong plants. Imagine being in a position of having to search a student that you suspected had drugs and being partially resposible for their incarceration! Oh the horror. Nobody goes into the teaching profession to act on behalf of the armed thugs of the state.
On a more postive note, the legislation is opposed by the Drug Policy Alliance, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the ACLU, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Parent Teacher Association, the American Association of School Administrators, and the National School Boards Association.
Oh and it's also opposed by a school marm mom with a shitty blog that nobody will ever read.
*The bill still has to go through the Senate so lets hope that it dies.
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