B. (§7.11) Drug Testing
In Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton, 515 U.S. 646 (1995), the Supreme Court held that individualized suspicion is not always required for school searches, and it upheld random drug testing of high school athletes. The Court concluded that the significant privacy deprivation involved in giving a urine sample and disclosing health information was justified by the important governmental interest in reducing drug abuse by student athletes.
The Supreme Court extended its reasoning in Vernonia, 515 U.S. 646, to drug testing of extracurricular participants in Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls, 536 U.S....
