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Rowan County board directs creation of stakeholder committee to review student and staff drug-testing policy
Summary
Trustees voted to have the superintendent convene a diverse stakeholder committee to review the district—s drug-testing policy after surveys and legal consultation, citing concerns about substances tested, cost and impacts on extracurricular participation.
The Rowan County Board of Education on Nov. 18 directed the superintendent to convene a diverse stakeholder committee to review the district—s student and staff drug-testing policy.
The move followed a board discussion in which Superintendent Rowe said the Kentucky School Board Association does not provide a model drug-testing policy and that the board—s legal counsel advised the decision is a local one. "KSBA does not offer a model policy for drug testing," Rowe said, summarizing the guidance he had received from legal counsel and neighboring districts.
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