Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Wisconsin
Schools
Do civil rights end at the door to a school?
Asked on 11/12/02, 4:04 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall
Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC
Re: Schools
Actually, yes. Schools are contemplated as being "in loco parentis" in the law, meaning, roughly, in the place of parents. So, just as at home, the situation is really not a democracy in which individual rights are clearly observed and respected, but more a dictatorship in which it is presumed, rightly or wrongly, that the parent knows best and has, therefore, the right to dictate to the child. The civil rights which exist in the adult world, then, are seriously curtailed in the world of the student.
Answered on 11/12/02, 10:45 pm
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