WEST RUSK CCISD

DRUG POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

West Rusk CISD

Implementation Procedures for Mandatory Drug Testing

Distribution of Policy

The District shall provide each parent and student a copy of the drug-testing policy and consent form at the beginning of each school year or upon enrollment in the district.

Consent

The students shall be required annually to sign a consent form agreeing to be subject to the rules and procedures of the drug-testing program. If the student is under the age of 18, the student’s parent or guardian shall also sign a consent form. If appropriate consent is not given, the student shall not be allowed to participate in extracurricular activities.

Listed below are the drugs that will be detected by the test:

Amphetamines

Cannabinoid (Marijuana)

Cocaine

Opiates

If the participant (student or employee) has been or is presently on medication, he/she must present a written notice from a physician so stating prior to the test.

The parent and/or guardian and the student will be required to sign a written approval prior to the test or be excluded from the program(s).

If the student’s test indicates positive results, the following action will be taken: An initial positive test shall be confirmed by a second test before being reported as positive.

Random Testing

Random tests shall be conducted on as many as 12 dates throughout the school year.

No less than 5% and no more than 25% of the students participating in the program shall be randomly selected for each random test date.

The drug-testing laboratory or designee shall use a random selection method to identify students chosen for random testing. Students shall not receive prior notice of the testing date or time.

First Offense Confirmed

1. Notify parent/guardian

2. Suspend student from activity for one (1) day or as long as necessary and require parent(s) guardian to come to school for a conference with the principal.

3. Athletics: Student is suspended from participating in athletic practice after school and games for the remainder of that sports season and must submit to and re-test negative before being allowed to compete in the next scheduled sports season.

4. Band: Student is suspended from participating in the Band program until end of current semester and will be retested.

5. Other Extra-curricular Activities: Student is suspended from participating in other extra-curricular activities until end of current semester and will be retested.

Second Offense

1. Notify parent/guardian.

2. Suspend student from activities for one (1) day or as long as necessary and require parent(s)/guardian to come to school for a conference with principal.

3. Athletics: Student is suspended from participating in athletic practice after school and games for the remainder of that current school year.

4. Band: Student is suspended from participating in the Band Program for the remainder of the current school year.

5. Other Extra-Curricular Activities: Student is suspended from participating in other extra-curricular activities for the remainder of the current school year.

6. The District shall notify the parent and student of drug and alcohol abuse prevention resources available in the area.

* Options - Students may choose to take a lie detector test

Third Offense

1. Notify parent/guardian.

2. Suspend student from activities one (1) day or as long as necessary and require parent(s)/guardian to come to school for a conference with principal or Athletic Director.

3. Athletics: Student will be suspended from participating in the athletic program for remainder of the current school year.

4. Band: Student is suspended from participating in the Band Program for the remainder of the current school year.

5. Other Extra-Curricular Activities: Student is suspended from participating in other extra-curricular activities for the remainder of the current school year.

6. The District shall notify the parent and student of drug and alcohol abuse prevention resources available in the area.

Consequences of positive test results shall be cumulative through end of the current school year or current semester. Retesting

If the student wishes to return to participation in extracurricular activities, the student must be retested at the end of the period of suspension and have a negative test result; the student shall be retested on the next random test date.

Confidentiality

Drug-testing results shall be confidential and shall be disclosed only to the student, the student’s parents, and designated District officials who need the information in order to administer the drug-testing program. Drug test results shall not be maintained with a student’s academic record. Results shall not be otherwise disclosed except as required by law.

COLLECTION PROCEDURE

Personnel from the drug-testing laboratory shall collect urine samples under conditions that are no more intrusive than the conditions experienced in a public restroom. When selected for testing, a student shall be escorted to the school’s testing site by a District employee and shall remain under employee supervision until the student provides a sample. Samples shall be produced by a student from behind closed restroom stall. A District employee shall be present when any samples are collected.

1. Upon arrival at the collection site, present your identification to the collection monitor, who will then give you a specimen collection package.

2. Remove any unnecessary garments such as coats, sweaters or jackets, and leave purses, books or packages with the collection site monitor.

3. Please list all medications, prescription and non prescription, which you have taken

over the past 30 days. (You may use the brand name of the drug, such Bayer aspirin or

Benadryl). Please print all information.

4. Wash and dry your hands and then remove the cup from the collection package.

5. Enter the urination enclosure or restroom stall.

6. Urinate into the cup filling it as least 2/3 full.

7. When you have obtained a urine sample, leave the toilet and hand the sample to the collection monitor.

8. Give the specimen to the monitor who will see that it is given to the

laboratory for analysis.

9. Wash and dry your hands.

Parental Consent/Release

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Student’s Name

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Social Security number Date of Birth

We, or I, the parent(s) and managing conservator(s) of said child, give consent to collect and have tested a sample of urine to determine whether or not the child’s system shows freedom from drug use. As partial consideration from such testing, will release the WRCCISD and the testing center, from any liability and agree to indemnify and hold harmless these from any claim which might be made by virtue of such test and the results thereof.

The test will not be given to a student under 18 years of age without the consent of both the student and parent/guardian.

As the parent/guardian or said child, I will abide by the policies set forth in the student handbook concerning extra-curricular activity and will not willingly allow my child or any underage child in my presence to partake of any drugs or alcohol.

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Parent/Guardian Signature

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Date

* On the third offense, the student will come under the Student Code of Conduct regarding suspensions.

WEST RUSK CCISD

STUDENT PLEDGE

As a student at West Rusk CCISD, I will abide by the principles set forth by the school for extra-curricular participation. I agree not to partake of illegal drugs or alcohol.

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Student’s Signature