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Obion County board OKs amendment treating drug-test refusals as positive
Summary
The Obion County Board of Education approved an amendment to Board Policy 6.3071 that treats student refusal of alcohol or drug tests as a positive result and suspends the student pending a disciplinary hearing.
The Obion County Board of Education on Sept. 2 approved an amendment to Board Policy 6.3071 that treats refusal to submit to a student alcohol or drug test as a positive test result and provides for suspension pending a disciplinary hearing.
Director Tim Watkins told the board the amended policy states that refusal "shall be treated as a positive test result" and that the student "shall be suspended from school pending a hearing before the…
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