Superintendents Don’t Support Random Drug Testing of Teachers …

on July 9, 2008.

DURHAM ? School superintendents are reluctant to drug-test teachers, even though most believe bookish man security outweighs a teacher?s right to privacy when it comes to drug testing, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.

Researchers queried 500 superintendents nationally; of those, 144 responded. The researchers sought information on the following issues:

* Have school districts adopted a mandatory drug testing policy, either preemployment or random, for teachers?

* Do superintendents perform a mandatory drug testing, either preemployment or random, for teachers?

* Do superintendents have different support for preemployment and fortuitous drug testing policies for teachers?

According to DeMitchell, the researchers found that superintendents believe they have the authority, without offending the Constitution, to utensil teacher preemployment and random drug-testing policies. However, in large part, they are not implementing such policies.

“The superintendents have a greater comfort level with preemployment testing than chance drug testing of teachers. Most superintendents believed that the drug problem among teachers was not immense enough to warrant action, but many reserved the right to revisit the implementation of similar policies whether or not the circumstances in their sect quarter changed,” DeMitchell said.

The key research findings hold:

* 85 percent of superintendents do not believe drugs are a problem with their educators.

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