Ask the Declaration → Your rights, by who you are
You keep your constitutional rights when you walk through the schoolhouse gate, even if schools may draw the lines tighter than a public street would. Here is where the founding documents touch a student's life.
Descriptive, not legal advice · the founding documents' own words
Freedom of speech, assembly, and the press. Student journalism, walkouts, and clubs stand on these rights, subject to reasonable school rules.
Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, which shapes when a school official or officer may search a student, a bag, a locker, or a phone.
Equal protection and due process: the ground of equal access to public education and of fair procedure before serious school discipline.
The vote may not be denied on account of age to citizens eighteen or older, which brought most college students into the electorate.