Nobody can. That's the problem. They are "educators" and think that they have far more power than they should.
Most "educators" (normal classroom teachers) aren't the ones involved in this. The administrators are the ones with this "authority" and it is granted to them by law.
WASHINGTON ? Even though student molestations seem to be reaching epidemic proportions in schools across America, the House of Representatives has approved a tough new anti-drug and anti-weapon law that would require local districts to develop search policies including strip searches with immunity against prosecution for teachers and staff.
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