405.7 Drug and Alcohol Testing Program

Code No. 405.7

DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAM

Employees who operate school vehicles are subject to drug and alcohol testing if a commercial driver’s license is required to operate the school vehicle and the school vehicle transports sixteen or more persons (including the driver) or the school vehicle weighs twenty-six thousand one hundred pounds or more.  For purposes of the drug and alcohol testing program, the term “employees” includes applicants who have been offered a position to operate a school vehicle.

The employees operating a school vehicle as described above are subject to pre-employment drug testing and random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident return to duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol testing.  Employees operating school vehicles shall not perform a safety-sensitive function within four hours of using alcohol.  Employees governed by this policy shall be subject to the drug and alcohol testing program beginning the first day they operate or are offered a position to operate school vehicles and continue to be subject to the drug and alcohol testing program as long as they may be required to perform a safety-sensitive function as it is defined in the administrative regulations.  Employees with questions about the drug and alcohol testing program may contact the District contact person, Board Secretary/Human Resources Manager, 510 Winnebago Street, Decorah, Iowa 52101, (563-382-4209).

Employees who violate the terms of this policy or of its accompanying regulations are subject to discipline, up to and including immediate discharge.  Employees who violate the terms of this policy may be required to successfully participate in a substance abuse treatment program as a condition of continued employment.

The Superintendent or his/her designee shall inform applicants of the requirement for drug and alcohol testing in notices or advertisements for employment.

The Superintendent or his/her designee shall also be responsible for publication and dissemination of this policy and its supporting administrative regulations and forms to employees operating school vehicles. The Superintendent or his/her designee shall notify the driver for testing.  The Superintendent shall also oversee a substance-free awareness program to educate employees about the dangers of substance abuse and notify them of available substance abuse treatment resources and programs.

This policy shall not limit the District’s authority to prohibit other alcohol and drug-related behavior.

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DECORAH COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS