FILE:  GAMD

 

DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE

 

 

The St. Martin Parish School Board, in compliance with the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, recognizes its obligation in providing and maintaining a drug-free workplace to remain eligible to receive federal grants and in support of local, state and national efforts to achieve drug-free schools and communities.

 

The St. Martin Parish School Board shall:

 

  1. Advise all employees through the distribution of this policy that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession or use of a controlled substance and/or intoxicants are prohibited in any workplace with the St. Martin Parish School System. For any St. Martin Parish School Board employee, the consequences of violation of this prohibition shall be any or all of the following based on the specific offense: Testing for presence of drugs/alcohol in body by a recognized hospital or chemical dependency unit, counseling, reprimanding, termination, suspension without pay while the case is pending in court. Confirmed or substantial evidence of the use, sale or possession of controlled substances by any School Board employee while off duty or off school premises shall result in any or all of the following:
     

    1. Requiring the employee to submit to a drug test from a recognized hospital or chemical dependency unit and presenting to the superintendent of schools or his/her designee certification from the agency performing the test that ­employee is drug-free.
       

    2. Immediate suspension without pay and recommendation for job termination.

 

  1. The school system will notify all employees and substitute employees that, as a condition of employment under the grant, all employees and substitute employees will abide by the preceding statement and notify the Superintendent or a designated representative of the drug statute violation occurring in the workplace no later than five (5) days after such conviction. The Superintendent or a designated representative will notify the agency within ten (10) days after receiving notice from an employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction.
     

  2. The school system will take one or more of the following actions within thirty (30) days of receiving notice with respect to any employee who is so convicted:

 

    1. Taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to and including termination; or
       

    2. Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a federal, state or local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency.
       

  1. A Drug Awareness Program developed by St. Martin Parish School System will inform all employees about:

 

    1. The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace.
       

    2. The St. Martin Parish School Board's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace.
       

    3. Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and/or employee assistance programs.
       

    4. The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug violations occurring in the workplace.

 

  1. The school system will make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through implementation of areas previously outlined.
     

  2. A controlled drug that is possessed by an employee pursuant to a valid prescription issued by a licensed physician for bona fide medical purposes shall be exempt from this policy.  All prescribed medicine must be kept in its original container, which identifies the drug with the date of the prescription and medical doctor written on the container.  Use or misuse of prescription drugs resulting in obvious drug intoxication so that the safety of employees, students or others is endangered is a violation of this policy.

 

Employees shall be given a copy of this policy annually and shall be required to acknowledge having received and read the policy by signing and returning an acknowledgement form.  Failure to complete these requirements shall make the employee in violation of the Drug-Free Workplace policy.

 

 

Ref:    20 USC 7101 (Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act)

21 USC 812 (Schedules of controlled substances)

41 USC 8101 et seq. (Drug-Free Workplace)

21 CFR 1308.11 (Schedules of controlled substances)

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81.6, 17:240, 17:402, 17:403, 17:404, 17:405, 40:961, 40:962, 40:963, 40:964, 40:967, 40:968, 40:969, 40:970, 40:971, 40:971.1

Board minutes, 4-17-90

 

St. Martin Parish School Board