HB2748 - Tennessee: School Boards

Companion Bill SB2933. School Boards - Authorizes LEAs to implement random drug testing policy for all students who participate in voluntary extracurricular activities and directs state board to devise model policy for such testing. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 42. Fiscal Summary for *HB2748 / SB2933Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Bill Summary for *HB2748 / SB2933 Under present law, a student may be subject to testing for the presence of drugs in the student's body if there are reasonable indications to the principal that such student may have used or be under the influence of drugs. This bill adds that a student who is voluntarily participating in extracurricular activities may be subject to random testing for the presence of drugs or alcohol in the student's body. In order for such a test to be conducted,[...]

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