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Comparative Constitutional Law Keyed to Sutton, 5th Ed.
York v. Wahkiakum School District No. 200
Citation:
178 P.3d 995 (Wash. 2008)Facts
Wahkiakum School District faced persistent drug and alcohol problems among its student population despite implementing various prevention programs beginning in 1994. Community surveys conducted by the Wahkiakum Community Network ranked teen substance abuse as the number one problem in the county. Survey data from 1998 showed that forty percent of sophomores and forty-two percent of seniors reported previous illegal drug use, with nineteen percent of sophomores and twelve and a half percent of seniors reporting use within the previous thirty days. In 2000, fifty percent of student athletes self-identified as drug or alcohol users. In response, the school district adopted Policy 3515, which required all student athletes to submit to an initial drug test and random testing throughout the season as a condition of participation. The testing involved urinalysis conducted in an enclosed bathroom stall with a health department employee outside. Positive results led to suspension from athletics but not from school, and results were not shared with law enforcement or included in academic records. Aaron York, Abraham York, and Tristan Schneider were tested under this policy during the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 school years, prompting their parents to file suit challenging the policy’s constitutionality under the Washington State Constitution.
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