The context of searches and seizures. • Courts have found a personal right of privacy for students in the word "liberty" of the 14th Amendment.This lesson explores the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures through the lens of "School Searches." Students in US public schools have the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches. As in, they cannot gather evidence without a warrant. Debates over the scope of unreasonable searches and seizures sparked the American Revolution as we'll learn in a moment. Get answers to commonly asked questions regarding a school official's authority to conduct reasonable student searches under the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment and Article 14 Do Not Apply in Private Schools. 1. In the same way, the Fourth Amendment guarantees that all Americans will be free from unreasonable searches or seizures. Routine administrative searches at alternative school were considered permissible under the Fourth Amendment.