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Palm Beach County student athletes could face random drug testing
[SIZE=-1]Sun-Sentinel.com, FL [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The policy involves only student athletes, and it would test for performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids along with illegal substances such as cocaine and marijuana, and alcohol.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The U.S. Supreme Court made random drug testing of student athletes legal in 1995 and expanded that in 2002 to include competitive extracurricular activities.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The penalty for a first-time offense would be a 10-day suspension from the team and a requirement to enter a treatment program and submit to follow-up tests. Players would be allowed to continue practicing with their teams on a probationary status.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]There will be no academic consequences and the school district will not report violators to law enforcement agencies for prosecution, officials said.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]But a student guilty of a second offense would be banned from all interscholastic activities for a full calendar year. Students refusing a drug test would be forbidden from playing any high school sports for one year, at the conclusion of the season, according to the proposed policy. ...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Sun-Sentinel.com, FL [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The policy involves only student athletes, and it would test for performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids along with illegal substances such as cocaine and marijuana, and alcohol.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The U.S. Supreme Court made random drug testing of student athletes legal in 1995 and expanded that in 2002 to include competitive extracurricular activities.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The penalty for a first-time offense would be a 10-day suspension from the team and a requirement to enter a treatment program and submit to follow-up tests. Players would be allowed to continue practicing with their teams on a probationary status.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]There will be no academic consequences and the school district will not report violators to law enforcement agencies for prosecution, officials said.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]But a student guilty of a second offense would be banned from all interscholastic activities for a full calendar year. Students refusing a drug test would be forbidden from playing any high school sports for one year, at the conclusion of the season, according to the proposed policy. ...[/SIZE]
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