In February the NJ state supreme court ruled that school officials have the right to "search student car's on school property". The officials must "suspect them of illegal activity". This ruling "expanded the standard of 'reasonable suspicion' to student's vehicles. The case comes from Egg Harbor Township and involved an 18 year old found with "a bottle of pills and marijuana in (his) car". The student got a three year sentence. NJ school officials can already "look through student backpacks, purses and lockers" but till now had said nothing about student cars.
(Source: "Court lets NJ schools search student's cars" by Mary Fuchs of The Record on 2/4/10).
Update: The chain of events went as follows. Student gives principal a green pill he says another sold him. Suspect student (TB) called to office of principal and asked about the pill. TB denies any wrongdoing. P searches him and finds 3 white pills but no green ones. P searches TB locker; nothing found. P searches TB car that is parked on school property. P finds a "liquid-filled syringe" a bottle of pills belonging to a woman, a bag of marjuana and a bag of "powderly substance and a vial". Police are called and TB is arrested. P had "reasonable cause", did not need "probable cause".
(source: "press of Atlantic City.com" article from 2/4/100.
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