General
No employee shall possess, use, be under the influence of, distribute, dispense, or manufacture any alcoholic beverage or controlled or illegal substance on school property, or during work time or at any student activity, except that an employee may take a controlled substance lawfully prescribed by a physician. Any violation of this policy shall be grounds for discipline, including immediate discharge. The employee may, as an alternative or in addition to any discipline, be required to attend a substance abuse evaluation and/or treatment program.
No employee shall unlawfully manufacture, distribute, dispense, possess or use, on or in the workplace, any narcotic drug, hallucinogenic drug, amphetamine, barbiturate, marijuana or any other controlled substance as defined in schedules I through V of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act and as further defined by federal regulation.
“Workplace” includes school district facilities, school district premises or school district vehicle. A “workplace” also includes non-school property if the employee is at any school-sponsored, school-approved or school-related activity, event or function, such as field trips or athletic events where students are under the control of the school district or where the employee is engaged in school business.
As a condition of employment, each employee shall agree to abide by this policy and shall notify his or her supervisor of his or her conviction of any criminal drug statute for a violation occurring in the workplace as defined above, no later than five days after such conviction.
An employee who violates the terms of this policy may be suspended or discharged, at the discretion of the district and in accordance with law. The employee may, as an alternative or in addition to any discipline, be required to attend a substance abuse evaluation and/or treatment program. If the employee fails to successfully participate in a program, the employee may be subject to discipline up to and including termination.
The superintendent shall give a copy of this section of the policy to each employee.
The superintendent shall also establish a drug-free awareness program to inform employees of this policy, possible sanctions for violation of this policy, of the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, and of any available drug counseling, rehabilitation and employee-assistance programs.
No Limitations. This policy is not intended to limit the rights of the district to discipline, including discharging, any employee who engages in an illegal act involving alcohol or drugs away from school when such violation adversely affects the employee’s ability to perform his/her duties.
- First Adoption:
- 2003-05-12
- Revision Adoption:
- January 24, 2010
- Reviewed Dates:
- April 24, 2016/ November 11, 2018/ August 6, 2023
- Legal Reference:
- 279.8, 730.5, Code of Iowa; Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, 41 U.S.C. 701 et seq.; 34 C.F.R., Pt. 85