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By Anita L. Sherman Rappahannock News Staff Writer
On March 22, Virginia Gov. Mark Warner signed into legislation a new law that will allow student drug testing as a legitimate school drug prevention program.
Virginia has become the first state to enact a statewide drug testing policy, but it has the backing of several federal agencies.
President Bush s “No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 includes authorization and funding of student drug testing.
The U.S. Supreme Court expanded its approval of student drug testing to all extracurricular students.
Both the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration endorse student drug testing as a deterrent to drug use.
The new law (HB 2091) contains provisions for voluntary and mandatory drug testing. It includes the following language which will broaden local school boards’ authority:
“In accordance with the most recent enunciation of constitutional principles by the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the Board’s standards for school board policies on alcohol and drugs and search and seizure shall include guidance for procedures relating to voluntary and mandatory drug testing in schools, including, but not limited to, which groups may be tested, use of test results, confidentiality of test information, privacy considerations, consent to the testing, need to
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