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Kingsport City Schools board approves minor revisions to random drug-testing procedures
Summary
The Kingsport City Schools Board approved clarified language for its random drug-testing regulations — specifying how absences, work-based placements and verification dates affect testing and consequences — and asked for a fuller data report next month.
Kingsport City Schools trustees on June 10 approved modest revisions to the district's random drug-testing regulations, clarifying when students must be re-tested after absences, how work-based learning placements are handled, and when suspension timelines begin following a confirmed positive result.
The changes, presented by Doctor Andy True (staff member), codify procedures administrators said they have applied informally during the first year of the program and are intended to reduce confusion for families, staff and vendors.
Administrators said the revisions add specific examples of what counts as “not in school” on a selected testing day — including field trips, sports travel and academic placements — and state that students in an academic-related…
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