Guidelines for school boards for the conduct of student searches, including random locker searches, voluntary and mandatory drug testing, and strip searches. Strip searches of students are not permitted.You always have a right to refuse a search and you should make clear that a search is taking place over your objection. However, "strip searches" are not permitted under any circumstances. Any searches of students will be conducted in the presence of an adult witness. By Raija Churchill, Graduate Student of Law, Pepperdine University and Bernard James, Professor of Constitutional Law,. Pepperdine University. However, "strip searches" are not permitted under any circumstances. Any searches of students will be conducted in the presence of an adult witness. "I was really embarrassed," that student told Queen City News.