NOTICE

Of

RANDOM STUDENT DRUG TESTING PROGRAM

TO:        Students Participating in Extracurricular Activities and Their Parents or Guardians

FROM: Robert L. Dillard

RE:         Student Drug Testing

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the school’s random drug-testing policy for students participating in extracurricular activities in grades 8-12.  This policy and the program that supports it are designed not for punitive measures, but to eliminate the potential threat to the student’s health and safety that can occur if students are using or under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs while participating in interscholastic athletics or any other extracurricular activity.  We want the testing program to deter drug and alcohol use and help students live drug-free lives.  Please note the following key points of the program:

1.      All screenings include alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, and PCP.

2.      All participating students will be subject to random testing each year in which they participate in any extracurricular activity.

3.      Random testing will occur from time to time during the school year.

4.      A random test will take place at the MCISD Administration Office.  All students participating in extracurricular activities will be eligible for selection for a random test.

5.      Students will not be notified in advance of any drug test.  Students will be called to the school testing site by a school official, probably the principal.  Every effort will be made to call the student at a time that is least disruptive to the student’s academic schedule.

6.      All students will be required to provide a saliva sample by method of a swab.

7.      If a student is selected for a test and refuses to provide a sample, they will be suspended indefinitely from participation in any extra-curricular activity.

8.      The cut-off level for a positive marijuana test result is 50 mg/ml.  This level is in compliance with Department of Transportation and National Institute of Drug Abuse standards.

9.      Once a student tests positive, receives counseling, and is reinstated, he or she will be retested as required according to policy as long as he or she participates in extracurricular activities regardless of the school year.  Counseling requirements will increase with successive positive tests.

Instructions for completing

DRUG TESTING CONSENT FORM

1. Print the Student’s Name on the blank labeled Student’s Name – Printed.  All students must return a Consent Form with the blank labeled Student’s Name – Printed completed.
2. If the Student agrees to submit to random drug-testing, the Student should sign his/her name on the blank labeled Student’s Signature.
3. If the Parent/Guardian agrees for their child to submit to random drug-testing, the Parent/Guardian should sign his/her name on the blank labeled Parent/Guardian Signature.
4. Enter the date signed on the Date blank.
5. Return the form to the Student’s second period teacher on or before Friday, August 26, 2011 by 4:00 p.m.

DRUG TESTING CONSENT FORM

By our signatures below, we agree to participate in the Munday CISD drug-testing program for students participating in extracurricular activities.  We understand that failure by either of us to sign this form shall result in removal of the privilege of participation in extracurricular activities, including practice and competition.  If either of us is unclear about any aspect of the drug-testing policy and program, it is our individual responsibility to contact an administrator.

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(Student’s Name---Printed)

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(Student’s Signature)

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(Parent/Guardian Signature)

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(Date)

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