2002-Board+of+Education+of+Independent+School+District+92+of+Pottawatomie+County+v.+Earls


 * __Summary__** -

A policy was adopted by the school district in Tecumseh, Oklahoma that required all students participating in extracurricular activities must take a drug test. They must also agree to random drug testing and be drug tested anytime if there is a reasonable cause. Lindsay Earl and Daniel James along with their parents filed suit saying it violated their First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment. They also claimed that the district to show that there was ever a proven problem or that it would benefit any students or the school. The Supreme Court held that the drug testing was constitutional. The policy was reasonable in helping the District prevent and detect drug use among the students in their district.

**__Impact on Education__** -

Districts can require drug testing for all students who participate in extracurricular activities is there is **reasonable cause** to help prevent drug use with the students in their district.

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