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Download full textEdmonson, Stacey – 2002
This study analyzed the current student drug testing policies of Texas public school districts in the context of the Fourth Amendment rights of students. Court decisions on this issue conflict, and school administrators, attorneys, and other concerned parties may be interested in knowing school districts policies. Responses were received from 827…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing
Peer reviewedEhrensal, Patricia A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2003
Examines legal and ethical ramifications of three roles of school authorities (agents-of-state, custodial, tutelary) legitimated in two Supreme Court decisions: "New Jersey v. T.L.0." (search and seizure) and "Vernonia v. Action" (drug use testing). (Contains 34 references.)(PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2005
The Vernonia School District v. Acton Supreme Court decision in 1995, forever changed the landscape of the legality of drug testing in schools. This decision stated that students who were involved in athletic programs could be drug tested as long as the student's privacy was not invaded. According to some in the medical profession, there are two…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Substance Abuse, Extracurricular Activities, Athletics
Edmonson, Stacey L. – 2002
This report--part of a collection of 54 papers from the 48th annual conference of the Education Law Association held in November 2002-- discusses student drug testing in Texas public schools. It contains the results of a 2001 study of student drug-testing policies in all 1,056 Texas public-school districts. In response to the Supreme Court's June…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Drug Use Testing
