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1999 L. Rev. M.S.U.-D.C.L. 611 (1999)
Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Drug Testing in Schools

handle is hein.journals/mslr1999 and id is 621 raw text is: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING
DRUG TESTING IN SCHOOLS
Charles J Russo*
David L. Gregory
TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION  ......................................
I. DRUG TESTING AND STUDENTS .......................

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A.  Preliminary  M atters  .................................
B.  Early  Case  Law  ....................................
1.  New  Jerseyv. TL.O.  ............................
2. Schaill v. Tippecanoe County School Corporation .....
3.  Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton ...............
C.  Federal Case Law  After Acton  ........................
1.  Todd v. Rush County Schools ......................
2.  Willis v. Anderson Community School Corporation ....
D .  D iscussion  ........................................
II. TEACHERS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ........................
A.  Preliminary  M atters  .................................
B. Knox County Education Association v. Knox County Board of
Education....................   ................
C .  D iscussion  ........................................
III.  REFLECTIONS  .........................................

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INTRODUCTION
One of the greatest challenges confronting American educational leaders
is dealing with substance abuse' in K-122 schools.3 To this end, the results of
*   Charles J. Russo, Professor, Department of Educational Administration; Adjunct
Professor, School of Law; and Fellow, Center for International Programs, University of Dayton.
B.A. 1972, St. John's University; M. Div. 1978, Seminary of the Immaculate Conception; J.D.
1983, St. John's University; Ed.D. 1989, St. John's University.
**   David L. Gregory, Professor of Law, St. John's University. B.A. 1973, The
Catholic University of America; M.B.A. 1977, Wayne State University; J.D. 1980, University
of Detroit; LL.M. 1982, Yale University; J.S.D. 1987, Yale University. Ms. Vivien Ranada,
B.A. 1994, State University of New York at Binghamton, J.D. candidate, 2000, St. John's
University, provided helpful research assistance.
I. Unless otherwise specified, the authors use the term drug testing to refer to testing
for drugs and other substances such as alcohol. In addition, the authors use the term substance
abuse to include both drugs and alcohol.
2.   Litigation involving drug testing in higher education has focused on the related

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