Since March, the College Station school board has been discussing the return of random drug testing for some high school students.

Final action was taken Tuesday night to implement a program starting October 1, where up to 810 students will be tested.

Those high school students will be involved in extracurricular activities and/or requesting a parking permit. And parents who have children who don't fall into those two categories can request their children be added to the list.

Before the vote, one public speaker asked not to implement the testing. Among the reasons was threatening the privacy of student health records. CSISD's new chief administrative officer, Molly Perry, says campus administrators will not know specifics of test results.

The public speaker also did not want to rely on random tests to reduce drug use by students. Superintendent Clark Ealy and several board members said the test was one small part of an overall strategy to reduce student drug use.



This file contains some comments from College Station ISD board members and administrators at the July 17, 2018 board meeting.