History Main / AbsurdlyPowerfulSchoolJurisdiction

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[[caption-width-right:350:A sting operation organized to bust a student. Off school grounds. On a Sunday. Involving automatic weapons.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': A flashback in the episode "Derision" has Chloé commanding Mr. Damocles to punish Marinette's friend Socqueline for breaking her phone (because Chloé was using it to record an embarrassing video of Marinette) even though at the time they were outside of school grounds and it didn't happen during school hours, and Mr. Damocles himself points out that he has no authority to punish a student for what they do outside of his jurisdiction. But he relents and reluctantly suspends Socqueline anyway after Chloé threatens to get her father involved.

A SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseEducation, which includes any instance of school staff exerting authority they shouldn't have, whether it be on school grounds or outside of it. May overlap with JurisdictionFriction. If student(s) are punished for the actions of a family member or an acquaintance, it could also overlap with IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure or RevengeByProxy. Compare AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil, where the student leaders of the school have more power than they should.

* In Creator/AAPessimal's family saga of the Literature{{Discworld}}, ''Strandpiel'', the Assassins' Guild School takes great care to protect its public reputation. When three of its students are brought back with a City Watch escort, following a street fight, Guild Master Lord Downey is not amused and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13797645/31/Strandpiel-Book-Two takes sanctions]] on the evildoers. He has to demonstrate to the City Watch that he is going to deal with the situation appropriately under Guild law and custom. Downey is therefore not amused.

* ''Manga/WitchWatch'': Nico and several others need special permission from their high school to [[InnocentCohabitation stay at Morihito's house]], which a student councilor threatens to revoke if any of them fail an exam.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Bart's Girlfriend" Bart uses a balloon to pull up Groundskeeper Willie's kilt during a "Scotchtoberfest" event and immediately gets busted by Principal Skinner who was using the phony "Scotchoberfest" as a sting operation to entrap Bart, despite the sting operation clearly taking place off school grounds and on a Sunday.

Depending on the school, this can be TruthInTelevision. Some laws allow it, and certain schools (particularly those with recognizable uniforms, {{boarding school}}s, and/or private schools) want to protect their reputations.

* Many boarding schools as well as private and parochial schools often will punish students for behavior outside of school and not just for discipline reasons. Many of them have reputations to protect. Getting a bad reputation (through misbehavior of its students) could lead to parents pulling existing students from the school and prospective students reconsidering enrollment.

You are a student at your local school. Once school lets out for the day and you're miles away from the school property, you get involved in a "misunderstanding". Perhaps you can partake in a ZanyScheme, you join some of the guys in [[ThePeepingTom spying on women changing their clothes]], or you have to fight TheBully.

When you return to school, you're shocked to learn that you're being punished for those offenses you committed -- off school grounds and outside of school hours.

Depending on the school, this can be TruthInTelevision due to various laws as well as certain schools (particularly those with recognizable uniforms, {{boarding school}}s, and/or private schools) wanting to protect their reputations.

A SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseEducation, which includes any instance of school staff exerting authority they shouldn't have, whether it be on school grounds or outside of it. May overlap with JurisdictionFriction. If student(s) are punished for the actions of a family member or an acquaintance, it could also overlap with IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure or RevengeByProxy.

%%* Used in all the stories by Charles Hamilton under his various pen names (eg Frank Richards, Hilda Richards, Martin Clifford and others) because all of his main characters are boarding school students, ost famous being ''Literature/BillyBunter''.

* Subverted in the ''Series/BlueBloods'' episode "Devil's Breath". At first Erin's daughter Nicky tries to organize a sit-in to protest her school's policy of being able to search lockers at any time regardless of the student's consent. At the end of the episode she changes it to a mass protest after school hours and across the street. The principal threatens to suspend the whole group but Erin forces her to back down by pointing out that such a protest is, in fact, protected under the First Amendment.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' features Truant Officer [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shallowgrave]] chasing down Timmy and an aged down Adam West, despite the fact Adam is normally an adult and thus wouldn't have been enrolled in Dimmsdale Elementary. Said truant officer is also a PsychoForHire BountyHunter who uses excessive force and has to be reminded he isn't allowed to do anything lethal to the kids. Ultimately justified because of RuleOfFunny and Shallow Grave being fired at the end when Timmy stages it to look like he had been with an adult the whole time (which he technically was, just one that was in the body of a kid), implying there are at least ''some'' limitations of school jurisdiction.
* On the "Bart's Girlfriend" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Bart uses a balloon to pull up Groundskeeper Willie's kilt during a "Scotchtoberfest" event and immediately gets busted by Principal Skinner who was using the phony "Scotchoberfest" as a sting operation to entrap Bart, despite the sting operation clearly taking place off school grounds and on a Sunday.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', [[SadistTeacher Professor Umbridge]] bans Harry and the Weasley twins from playing Quidditch ''for life'' after they get into a fight on the pitch, and confiscates their brooms. Though as Harry points out, in practice he's only banned as long as Umbridge is at the school, which is proven true the following year.

TruthInTelevision due to various laws as well as some schools wanting to protect their reputations (bonus points if they are a BoardingSchool or a private school).

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In episode 10, Ichigo and Rukia are grabbed by security when they tried to interfere with one of Don Kanonji's public exorcisms off campus. In episode 11 it's revealed that their actions were captured on film and they and the other students who were there are called before the school administration for possible disciplinary action.

* One arc of ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'' centered on Tomoko and Masaki being punished at school for riding an electric scooter home, even though they didn't drive it on school grounds. (As detailed below, this is TruthInTelevision in Japan for students wearing their uniforms off campus as those two were.)

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' features Truant Officer [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shallowgrave]] chasing down Timmy and an aged down Adam West, despite the fact Adam is normally an adult and thus wouldn't have been enrolled in Dimmsdale Elementary. Said truant officer is also a PsychoForHire BountyHunter who uses excessive force and has to be reminded he isn't allowed to do anything lethal to the kids. Ultimately justified because of RuleOfFunny and Shallow Grave being fired at the end when Timmy stages it to look like he had been with an adult the whole time (which he technically was...just one that was in the form of a kid), implying there are at least some limitations of school jurisdiction.
* On the "Bart's Girlfriend" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Bart uses a balloon to pull up Groundskeeper Willie's kilt during a "Scotchtoberfest" event and immediately gets busted by Principal Skinner who was using the phony "Scotchoberfest" as a sting operation to entrap Bart. Skinner does this even though the sting operation clearly takes place off school grounds and on a Sunday.

** This can also apply in the UK, [[UsefulNotes/TheCommonwealthOfNations The Commonwealth]] and other places where [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack school uniforms are the norm]] such as Japan since when out and about in uniform students are immediately recognisable as being from that school.

* ''VideoGame/SimpsonsHitAndRun'': One mission has Bart get his toy laser gun confiscated by Principal Skinner, on the grounds that "Laser guns are not permitted on school property." However, this interaction takes place both off school property and outside of school hours, meaning Skinner has no authority to take the gun.

* ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches'': This turns out to be the case with the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil. Once they ban kissing at the school, Odagiri thinks that Yamada can get away with it by kissing Shiraishi outside of the school grounds. But this is not possible - Asuka follows Yamada and Shiraishi and [[AlmostKiss prevents them from kissing]]. The council also establishes a rule that normal students can't visit suspended students ''in their private homes''.

[[caption-width-right:350:A sting operation organized to bust a student. Off school grounds. On a Sunday. Invoving automatic weapons.]]

* Pensacola Christian College has tougher regulations. In addition to many of the above listed rules, mixed-gender social interactions off-campus are not allowed without advance permission...and a chaperone! Their rules even apply [[UpToEleven when the students are at home or away on school break]]. Informants are used to [[ParanoiaFuel identify and report student misbehavior]].