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Lakeland policy committee debates breathalyzer, wands and where to place search-and-seizure language
Summary
Committee members reviewed draft language that would allow breathalyzer testing at school-sponsored events and discussed whether that language should remain in a standalone activities policy or be folded into the district’s student-discipline and emergency-preparedness policies; members agreed to send the revised language out for public survey.
Lakeland District policy committee members on an administrative call reviewed draft language that would permit breathalyzer testing of students at school-sponsored events and discussed how that language should fit with existing search-and-seizure and emergency procedures.
The draft text under consideration says breathalyzer testing could be used "to ensure a safe environment" at school property or school-sponsored events and that students who refuse testing "will be denied admittance to the extracurricular school event, and their parents will be notified." Committee members debated whether that wording should remain in the activities policy (policy 3410 as cited on the agenda), be added to the student-discipline policy (policy…
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