US WI: Teacher Drug Testing Is Rare

1/29/2012

TEACHER DRUG TESTING IS RARE

Only three of 14 school districts surveyed in central Wisconsin drug test teachers before hiring them and none conducts random or scheduled drug tests after employees are hired, according to a Gannett Central Wisconsin Media survey.

Of the districts reviewed, the D.C. Everest Area, Medford and Stevens Point districts are the only ones that check if prospective teachers, administrators and support staff have consumed drugs shortly before hire. About 2,325 of the roughly 5,900 people employed by the 14 school districts -- roughly 39 percent -- passed drug tests before they were hired.

Other school districts surveyed were Abbotsford, Antigo, Athens, Auburndale, Colby, Marathon, Marshfield, Merrill, Mosinee, Stratford and Wausau.

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