Real Life Teens: Bill of Rights at School

Real Life Teens is an unbiased and realistic look from the perspective of teens, at the wide variety of issues teens face today featuring young teenagers telling their real stories, in their own words. The series discusses significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice and information. This program covers the complex issues surrounding teen's rights at school and discusses how their rights on campus are different to that in public. It describes how and why a school is legally allowed to place restrictions on speech, clothes and behavior, while enforcing the student's basic civil rights. It also explains a student's rights to privacy and why a school can search a student's locker, backpack or car on campus with only reasonable suspicion.