Waxahachie ISD committee adopts changes to student random drug-testing guidelines

Waxahachie ISD on an unspecified date approved changes to the district's random student drug-testing guidelines, a committee announced during a regular meeting. The committee voted to accept the revisions unanimously.

The revisions remove a prohibition on practice participation for first-time positive tests (students will still be barred from competitions and performances), replace a 45-minute in-district drug-education session with a requirement of six hours of supervised community service, and eliminate a requirement that students test negative within a 10-day window before resuming activities. The committee retained existing consequences for second and third positives, including referral to outside drug counseling and extended suspension from extracurricular participation.

Committee members said the changes follow a review of other districts’ approaches and the…