The application of the Fourth Amendment to an in-school search of your child or their property differs from the more generally applicable criminal standard. The 4 th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees freedom from unreasonable search and seizure.Students can write a new "cell phone search regulation" to suggest to the principal that fits balances the need for constitutional protection and school safety. Read excerpts from your assigned case from the Founders' Library and complete the chart below as if your role is to brief the case like a constitutional lawyer. Warrantless searches are generally not permitted in exclusively domestic security cases. The Fourth Amendment Protections Apply in Public Schools. a. • The Supreme Court set out the ground rules for when schools can search students in 1985 in a case called New Jersey v. T.L.O. In the T.L.O. case, the. New York, 445 U.S. 573 (1980). In many cases, this amendment governs our interactions with the police.