The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. School officials do not need probable cause to justify a search of a student as long as the school official is not acting as an agent of the police.Students have the protections against unreasonable searches of themselves, their property, and their papers. Students in US public schools have the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches. The Court ruled that the standard for searches in schools would be simply whether the search was reasonable. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures. Expectation in the lockers. Do I have First Amendment rights in school? Marijuana was discovered in the glove compartment. Searches and Seizures Pursuant to Warrant.