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Senate panel advances permissive measure allowing districts to implement school employee drug screening
Summary
House Bill 1396 would permit local school boards to adopt employee drug‑screening programs; committee testimony highlighted concerns about who pays for tests, Fourth Amendment implications, and operational details for avoiding student exposure to testing.
House Bill 1396 (authored in the transcript by Representative Mary Bentley) would authorize local school districts to implement employee drug‑screening programs if the district chooses to do so.
Chair Jane English introduced the bill and committee members asked detailed operational and constitutional questions. Senator Chesterfield asked who would pay for tests;…
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