{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-33n","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-33n","heading":"Search of school lockers and property.","body":"All local and regional boards of education and all private elementary and secondary schools may authorize the search by school or law enforcement officials of lockers and other school property available for use by students for the presence of weapons, contraband or the fruits of a crime if (1) the search is justified at its inception and (2) the search as actually conducted is reasonably related in scope to the circumstances which justified the interference in the first place. A search is justified at its inception when there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the search will turn up evidence that the student has violated or is violating either the law or the rules of the school. A search is reasonably related in scope when the measures adopted are reasonably related to the objectives of the search and not excessively intrusive in light of the age and sex of the student and the nature of the infraction.","path":["TITLE 54. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 959*. COURT JURISDICTION AND POWER","PART II*. SEARCHES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_959.htm#sec_54-33n","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"ed49783e613d1d749089d1f88842d1db2e3a808df1444d69041311f4e5c7a035","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-33m","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-33o"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}