South Adams drug testing policy is outlined

Decatur Daily Democrat:

South Adams Schools board member and random drug testing policy committee chairman Steve Dobler recommended at Tuesday's school board meeting that the random drug testing policy be enforced at the beginning of the 2011-12 school year.

"I think it will be a good thing for our students," he said.

Dobler reported that the random drug testing committee has met three times since the March school board meeting to discuss who will be entered into the drug testing pool, whether to use saliva or urine as the test specimen, and to determine the consequences for a positive test result.

Although the board policy allows for a urinalysis test, a saliva screening and/or a breathalyzer test, the primary method of drug testing, said Dobler, will be the saliva screening.