According to an Associated Press report in the Daily Democrat, William S. Hart Union High School District plans to expand a first-of-its-kind program that allows parents to track the results of random drug tests of their children.
Continue reading...The Las Vegas Sun reports that a middle school teacher has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Clark County School District for allegedly holding her against her will in a room and forcing her to take an “invasive” drug test.
Continue reading...According to IndependentMail.com, the Pickens County School Board is considering adopting a policy that would subject all Pickens County School District employees to random drug testing.
Continue reading...As reported in The New York Times, Glenn and Kathy Kiederer have filed suit against the Delaware Valley School District, claiming that mandatory drug testing to participate in any extracurricular activities was unnecessary and that it infringed on the rights of their daughters.
Continue reading...A Pennsylvania federal district court has granted summary judgment in favor of three district officials, dismissing an instructional aide’s suit claiming school district officials had violated her First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights when she was detained and subjected to a breathalyzer test.
Continue reading...According to LancasterOnline.com, the Solanco School District has revised its student drug-testing policy as a result of a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the district’s the random testing program.
Continue reading...According to the Express-Times, the Saucon Valley School Board (SVSB) has tabled further discussion of implementing a random drug testing policy for students, while the board awaits the outcome of a suit against another school district over its random drug testing policy.
Continue reading...The Mississippi Court of Appeals, in a 5-4 en banc decision, has ruled that a school board’s decision to terminate a teacher after she refused a school district official’s request to submit to a drug test pursuant to the district’s drug and alcohol policy was not arbitrary or capricious.
Continue reading...According to KITV ABC 4, the State of Hawaii has agreed to end implementation of its random drug testing policy for teachers, for which it had negotiated in a 2007 contract. Although the teachers had agreed to the contract, which included the random drug testing program along with pay increases, the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) has opposed the policy since the contract was signed.
Continue reading...Illini Bluffs School District 327 teachers remain on strike over the school board’s demand that random drug testing of union members be included in a new three-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA), says the Peoria Journal Star.
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