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Pubdate: Sat, 13 May 2006
Source: Times-Journal, The (Fort Payne, AL)
Copyright: 2006 Times-Journal
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COUNTY CLOSER TO TESTING STUDENTS

A proposed program to drug test students in the DeKalb County School System will now go to the school board.

The system's policy sub-committee on student drug testing approved the policy Wednesday.  It went to the system's full policy committee Thursday which forwarded it to DeKalb County Superintendent Charles Warren.

Warren said he will present the final draft to the school board when it meets Thursday.

Warren said the board would review and possibly discuss the policy during next week's meeting.  He said an actual vote would come at the board's meeting in June.

The proposed drug-testing program is patterned after one recently adopted for use in the Fort Payne City School System.

Liz Wear, director of the Partnership for a Drug Free DeKalb, recently secured a $500,000 three-year grant to establish student drug testing in both the city and county school systems.

The grant calls for testing students, in seventh through 12th grade, involved in competitive interscholastic extracurricular activities.  The city board will test students who drive on campus. 


MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin

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