Bill Text: WV HB2320 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-12 - To House Education [HB2320 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-HB2320-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2320
By Delegate Foster
[Introduced February 12, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Education then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-50, relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-50. Mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, beginning with the school year 2022-2023, all classes of personnel and teachers hired for employment in K through 12 are subject to random drug testing in the manner prescribed in §21-3E-1 et seq. of this code.
(b) The State Board of Education shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to implement this section. The rules shall include: (1) That after being offered employment, the employee shall pass a drug test before beginning employment; (2) ten percent of all employees and volunteers (such as volunteer coaches) are subject to random drug testing each year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools. It also provides for yearly random drug testing of 10 percent of all employees.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
