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Board debates random drug testing policy, directs administration to present student-survey trend data
Summary
Transylvania County Schools board members spent an hour debating the district's random drug-testing policy for extracurricular participants and directed the administration to present historical and current student-survey data to help decide whether the policy should be revised.
Transylvania County Schools board members spent an hour debating the district's random drug-testing policy for students who participate in extracurricular activities, including school parking-permit holders and athletes. The board discussed legal authority for testing, program costs, test accuracy for different drugs and whether the policy reaches the students most at risk.
The debate was prompted by a board member who said the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld drug testing of students who participate in extracurricular activities and argued the district does not violate students' rights by testing. He told the board that each drug test costs $25.50 and that testing every athlete each season would cost about $11,475 per season compared with roughly $1,600 the district currently spends.
Why it matters: the policy sets the district's approach to student privacy, enforcement and prevention for a wide set of extracurricular participants (athletes, drivers and…
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