The "Knox v. Knox" Decision and Drug Testing for Public School Employees: Why Educators Do Not Shed Their Rights at the Schoolhouse Gate.

Orr, Ginger

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ERIC Number: EJ624681

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Publication Date: 2000

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The "Knox v. Knox" Decision and Drug Testing for Public School Employees: Why Educators Do Not Shed Their Rights at the Schoolhouse Gate.

Orr, Ginger

Journal of Law and Education, v29 v4 p547-52 Oct 2000

Discusses the importance of drug-testing policies for educators by analyzing the recent Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal's decision in "Knox v. Knox." Concludes that mandatory drug testing for educators in safety-sensitive positions will not infringe on the constitutional rights of school employees. (Contains 30 footnotes.) (MLF)

Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Privacy, Public Schools, School Personnel

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Fourth Amendment

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