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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to testing employees of state schools for illegal drug |
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use. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 553, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 553.002 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 553.002. ILLEGAL DRUG POLICY FOR STATE SCHOOL |
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EMPLOYEES. (a) The superintendent of each state school shall adopt |
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and enforce a policy to prohibit the use of illegal drugs by state |
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school employees. |
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(b) The superintendent of each state school shall enforce |
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the policy adopted under Subsection (a) by mandatory testing of |
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every state school employee at least once each year. |
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(c) The policy adopted under Subsection (a) shall provide |
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for the termination of an employee who tests positively for an |
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illegal drug. The policy may provide for not more than two |
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probationary periods of not more than six months each before an |
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employee is terminated following a positive test for an illegal |
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drug. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |