Is it legal for a school to charge students money for return of confiscated property (cell phone) ?
93280
While it is legal for a teacher to confiscate such "contraband" such as cell phones, it is illegal to charge the student money to have the confiscated property returned.
954173
yes they do but the money goes directly to the school and not to the players... giving money to the players even if it's price money is illegal...
903661
Yes it is illegal..in England such items are seized by the Police and destroyed and the sellers prosecuted...
135981
check with your local court house, county preferably.  if they do not carry the classes, or books they can direct you to a place that can, for instince where i am from in my county they have it at the local collage, highschool, state represenative office, library.  now some are free and some cost money, but for some that do cost, if you pass the test they give you a little bit of your money back and you dont pay much in the first place.
303203
its incredibly rude to the teacher and to the other students.  Especially considering that college students aren't tradition - there are adults returning to school because they need to do well and get a new job - they have to focus.  think about all the different ringers they have now.  its not even just a phone ringing anymore - its a song playing.  I am in university and it's terrible when someone's phone rings because the teacher has to compete with that noise/try to focus on what they were trying to say before they heard eminem start plaing.  The teachers are being payed to teach, and the students are paying to hear them teach. lets leave the cells phone off/on vibrate and focus on the class.  I realise that sometimes there are emegergencies - and you need to know right away, thats why a lot of people have cell phones.  I personally Do have one, and it came in really handy in class one day when i got a call about my dad being in the hospital.  But i had it on vibrate, the people next to me knew that my phone rang and that i got up and left the classroom, but they were able to continue listening to the lecture with only the disruption of me walking past them.
458285
You can only be charged for them if you answer them.  Firstly, when it says recieved, if you don't open or check them, you aren't responsible for them.\n\nIf they still charge you that is illegal.  Call them and ask them to A)Block the number, or B) Tell you how you can handle it without charges.
183981
Not unless your local police department does not charge.\nAny and everyone that I know of requires a fee.
152255
Legally, this will depend on where you live. Contact your local teachers' organization for that information.\n\nMorally, anything that is not done in the best interest of the student could be called malpractice.\n\nThe two are not the same.
1053874
Yes, and they are trying to keep you out of trouble.  Listen to the police.  If they wanted to charge you they would have let  you do it and then charged you.  They are giving you a heads up to help you stay out of trouble.  Mighty nice of them if you ask me.
1074537
If it is Illegal to use the phone over there then you have no argument. If you want to fight it in court, not only will you lose but the court costs will work you up the a$$. Except that you got caught and never do it again, life sucks!
849789
Yes,  As long as it was during the commission of a crime.  in your example a vehicle, and you were driving that vehicle, stopped and arrested.  If the police were to impound your vehicle, conduct an inventory of that vehicle to record everything you had in that vehicle as your property and found 20 pounds of dope in the trunk, they have every right to charge you for the dope.   \n\nNow if your vehicle was found abandoned on the side of the road and the police towed it,  I dont believe that the police should pop open your trunk.
39865
Yes, it can.  This issue has been settled by precident.  The locker is property of the state, as are the school grounds.  It has been ruled that students' expectations of reasonable privacy do not extend into their lockers.\n\nADDITION SOURCE \n\nThe caselaw I was citing was Isiah B v. State of Wisconsin concerning reasonable rights.  I've included a link.  You may also want to consult a law library to lookup the actual caselaw (New Jersey v. T.L.O is also a precident setting case which may concern you involving the individual's right to privacy versus the government's duty to maintain the public health & welfare).  Keep in mind that the right to privacy is not explicitly in the Constitution, so the evolution caselaw on this area is fascinating to read :)
1163187
If you have someone elses property and do not give it back, that is a crime in many states ( depends on your state law)  it is called theft by conversion ( refusl to give it back)\n\nDoes not matter if insured or not.\n\n** of course you may just sue them in small claims court for the value of the goods.\n\n** and of course you can do both
461282
It would fall under verbal assault.  This isn't illegal (criminal), but it's civilly actionable.  I would suggest that if school isn't doing something about it, go to the local press.  Make a big stink.  Schools are really touchy about this kind of thing right now and would do anything to avoid a big public display of their failure to take proper care of children.
687715
It's definitely constitutional.  If the students want to drink soda or eat candy, all they have to do is buy it off school property.  The school is simply saying that they won't provide the point-of-sale anymore.
922697
Phone the school to find out....;
512418
The school's obligation to protect each of its students far exceeds its obligation to protect an individual student's privacy.  The locker does not belong to the student; it is the property of the school which gives the school every legal right to search it.  Further, school officials also have the right to bring in drug dogs and to search the property of the student (backpacks, clothes etc.) if there are grounds to do so.  Students should stop whining about the "invasion of their privacy" and thank the school for caring enough about their safety to conduct these searches.