Mississippi House Bill 889 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Drug Testing Of All Public School Students In Grades Six Through Twelve; To Declare Legislative Findings Relating To Student Drug Usage And The Purposes Of This Act; To Define Certain Terms Used Under The Act; To Require Each Sixth Through Twelfth Grade Student To Present Evidence Of Having Submitted To A Drug Test Resulting In Negative Findings No More Than 30 Days Before The Beginning Of The School Year Or The Date On Which A Student Seeks Enrollment During The School Year; To Require Each Local School Board To Adopt A Policy Requiring Random Drug Testing For All Students In Grades Six Through Twelve And To Prescribe Certain Components That Must Be In The Policy, Including A Provision Requiring A Student's Parent To Pay The Cost Of The Drug Test; To Provide For The Actions To Be Taken When A Student's Drug Test Is Positive; To Provide That Student Drug Tests Will Be Administered By The County Health Department And To Prescribe The Manner In Which The Testing Must Be Performed; To Provide For The Disclosure Of Positive Test Results And To Require Information Relating To A Student's Drug Test To Be Kept Confidential And Separate From The Student's Cumulative Folder; To Authorize A Student To Present Evidence Of The Proper Use Of A Prescription Medication As An Affirmative Defense To A Positive Drug Test; To Authorize School Districts To Offer In-school Counseling Or Referral Information For Students Testing Positive For Drugs; To Require The State Board Of Education, In Consultation With The State Board Of Health, To Adopt Rules And Regulations Necessary To Carry Out The Provisions Of This Act; To Require The State Department Of Education To Prepare A Model Random Drug Testing Policy For School Districts; To Amend Section 37-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Enrollment In The Public Schools Of Any Child In Grades Six Through Twelve Until The Child Presents Proof Of Having A Negative Drug Test Within 30 Days Of Enrollment; And For Related Purposes.

Random drug tests; require of all public school students in Grades 6 through 12.

Rep. Clara Burnett [D]	Rep. Karl Gibbs [D]	Rep. Esther Harrison [D]	Rep. Robert Huddleston [D]
Rep. America Middleton [D]	Rep. Omeria Scott [D]	Rep. Sara Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0889.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0889IN.htm