A similarity between the Supreme Court decisions in New Jersey v. T. L. O. and Vernonia v. Acton is that

Both decisions recognized that students have Fourth Amendment rights, but those rights are balanced against schools’ responsibilities to maintain safety and discipline. In New Jersey v. T. L. O., school officials could search a student based on reasonable suspicion rather than the stricter standard used by police. In Vernonia v. Acton, the Court upheld drug testing for student athletes. These rulings limited students’ privacy rights in school; they did not eliminate constitutional protections.

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