The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed separate lawsuits in state court today to stop two northeastern Pennsylvania school districts from randomly drug and alcohol testing students who participate in extracurricular activities, including athletics and school dances, or who drive to school. The ACLU of PA believes the schools’ policies violate a 2003 Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling requiring schools to justify suspicionless drug testing programs with evidence of a widespread drug problem among students.
Read more about the cases on ACLU’s web site and at:
http://www.aclupa.org/legal/legaldocket/mkvthedelawarevalleyschool.htm
http://www.aclupa.org/legal/legaldocket/mtvpanthervalleyschooldist.htm