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Drug Testing High School Athletes and the Fourth Amendment.
Bjorklun, Eugene C. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Examines recent court decisions regarding the legality of drug-testing programs aimed at student athletes. Concludes the drug-testing programs will be upheld if the program is narrowly drawn with regard to the student population; aims at limited and achievable goals; involves random selection of students for testing; and imposes penalties…
Descriptors: Athletes, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, High School Students
The Constitutionality of Random Drug Testing of Student Athletes Makes the Cut...But Will the Athletes?
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Journal of Law and Education, 1996
The Supreme Court, in "Vernonia School District 47J versus Acton," ruled that a school district's policy authorizing random urinalysis drug testing of student-athletes did not violate the Fourth Amendment. Discusses the decision and why such a policy is permissible under the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches…
Descriptors: Athletes, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Extramural Athletics
Drug Testing of High School Student Athletes after Vernonia.
Pittman, Andrew T.; Slough, Mark R. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
Addresses the Fourth Amendment constitutional challenges facing high school student-athlete drug testing programs and applies the findings in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the "Vernonia versus Acton" case, the first drug-testing case involving high school student athletes to be decided by the Court, by recommending 12 safeguards…
Descriptors: Athletes, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Federal Courts
Drug Testing of Student-Athletes: Another Weapon in the War against Drugs.
Russo, Charles J.; Morse, Timothy E. – School Business Affairs, 1995
In "Acton," the Supreme Court upheld a local school board policy calling for the random, suspicionless drug testing of interscholastic student-athletes. Reviews the Court's holdings. Concludes that a drug-testing policy that is consistent with "Acton" and enjoys broad-based community support probably would be worth its expense.…
Descriptors: Athletes, Court Litigation, Drug Abuse, Drug Use Testing
Suspicionless Punitive Urinalysis Testing of College and University Student-Athletes.
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Teagarden, C. Claude – West's Education Law Reporter, 1991
Examines the National Collegiate Athletic Association's drug testing program of student-athletes and relevant legal decisions. Concludes that each individual urinalysis search, not based on suspicion, is a violation of the student-athlete's privacy and is an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. (100 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Athletes, College Athletics, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
The Role of the Constitution in the Drug Testing of Student Athletes in the Public School.
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Deivert, Richard G. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1991
Examines whether Fourth Amendment of United States Constitution applies to relationship between student athlete and educational institution and whether drug testing is illegal search and seizure in violation of the amendment. Suggests that institutions strike an appropriate balance between helping student athletes protect their own health, while…
Descriptors: Athletes, Civil Liberties, Drug Use Testing, Due Process
"Vernonia School District v. Acton": Suspicionless Drug Testing.
Rossow, Lawrence F.; Stefkovich, Jacqueline – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
In "Acton," the Supreme Court upheld a local school board policy calling for the random, suspicionless drug testing of interscholastic student athletes. The Supreme Court reasoned that student athletes have a low expectation of privacy; the scope of the search was relatively unobtrusive; and the program served an important government…
Descriptors: Athletes, Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Discipline