Search & Seizure - As enacted, specifies that certain physical searches of students and searches of lockers, vehicles, and other property must be conducted by a school resource officer. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

SB 290 requires that certain physical searches of students and searches of lockers, vehicles, or other property on school grounds must be conducted only by a school resource officer acting as a school official. It specifically mandates that principals must notify and obtain parental consent before physically searching any student under 18 years old. The bill also includes explicit language stating these search provisions cannot violate the Fourth Amendment or Tennessee’s constitutional protections against unreasonable searches. This law directly affects school staff conducting searches, students (particularly minors), and school resource officers’ authority on school property.