evolution

Because soon, you’ll be able to strip-search your students:

… the House of Representatives has approved a tough new anti-drug and anti-weapon law that would require local districts to develop search policies – including strip searches – with immunity against prosecution for teachers and staff.

Schools would have to develop policies for searching students, or face the loss of some federal funding, under the bill – HR 5295, approved by a voice vote Tuesday. It moves to the Senate, which does not have similar legislation pending at this time.

The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Federation of Teachers, the Drug Policy Alliance, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the National Parent Teacher Association, the American Association of School Administrators and the National School Boards Association all opposed the bill saying it could invite unconstitutional searches. The National Education Association supports the legislation [naturally - ed.], according to the sponsor.

The bill was the brainchild of Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Kentucky, who said the idea was to “put a process in place so that the teachers don’t have any fear of liability, but at the same time it protects the rights of the students from an unreasonable search.”

The bill says only that search methods cannot be “excessively intrusive.”

And that vagueness will never be abused, I’m sure.

I’ll bet Davis calls himself a “conservative”.

I always hold my nose when I link WND, but this is legit. And it must be stopped.

The full text of this bill as passed by the House is here.

[inherited from: SayUncle.]

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