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HB 1432 Mandatory student drug testing.

Introduced by: James K. (Jay) O'Brien, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Mandatory student drug testing. Permits local school boards to require, as a condition for reenrollment or continued enrollment in public school, that students who have been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of drug-related offenses to submit to drug testing. Board of Education regulations will govern such initiatives that may be adopted by local school boards. These regulations must address the constitutional rights and restrictions relating to mandatory testing for controlled substance and marijuana use by students in the public schools and are to include, but shall not be limited to, provisions which address the following: (i) criteria for developing school board policies that govern mandatory testing programs; (ii) identification of those students, such as those for whom an adjudication or conviction of drug-related offenses has been reported, to be required to be tested; (iii) requirements for student or parental consent; (iv) funding sources for such programs; (v) standards for ensuring the confidentiality of test results; (vi) standards for the evidence of drug testing to be submitted by such students’ parents, including requirements for two additional tests of such students at two 60-day intervals within 120 days of such reenrollment; (vii) use of test results in any disciplinary actions, including requiring participation in substance abuse treatment programs; (viii) provisions for alternative education opportunities for students who have failed to provide satisfactory test results; (ix) any notice and due process procedures required to protect individual rights; and (x) provisions of relevant state and federal laws.


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