Descriptor
Source
| Executive Educator | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Administrators | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
| Tennessee | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Edwards, Floyd H. – 1989
In 1988, the Tennessee Legislature passed permissive legislation (TCA 49-940) that allows school officials to test suspected students for using drugs. The law provides that testing is optional, with each local education agency deciding whether or not to adopt the policy. Twelve school systems chose to adopt the legislation as board policy. This…
Descriptors: Drug Use Testing, Due Process, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Ryder, Bernard F. – Executive Educator, 1982
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: A parent who notices a gun in his child's room would not hesitate to ask questions and demand answers about its presence. As a school administrator, I believe it is my responsibility to ask questions and take action when I find an equally destructive weapon--drugs--in my schools. The zealous…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, High Schools, Illegal Drug Use, Legal Problems
