Employees who operate school district vehicles are subject to drug and alcohol testing if a commercial driver's license is required to operate the school district vehicle and the school district vehicle transports sixteen or more persons including the driver or the school district vehicle weighs twenty-six thousand one pounds or more. For purposes of the drug and alcohol testing program, the term employees includes applicants who have been offered a position to operate a school district vehicle.
The employees operating a school district vehicle as described above are subject to pre-employment drug testing and random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug and alcohol testing. Employees operating school district vehicles will not perform a safety sensitive function within four hours of using alcohol. Employees governed by this policy are subject to the drug and alcohol testing program beginning the first day they operate or are offered a position to operate school district vehicles and continue to be subject to the drug and alcohol testing program as long as they may be required to perform a safety-sensitive function. Employees with questions about the drug and alcohol testing program may contact the school district contact person, the Superintendent, at 1505 Washington Street, PO Box 159, Ruthven, Iowa 51358.
Employees who violate the terms of this policy are subject to discipline up to and including termination. Employees who violate this policy may be required to successfully participate in a substance abuse evaluation and, if recommended, a substance abuse treatment program at their sole cost and expense, as a condition of continued employment. Employees who fail to or refuse to participate may be subject to discipline up to and including termination.
The superintendent will inform applicants of the requirement for drug and alcohol testing in notices or advertisements for employment. The superintendent will also be responsible for publication and dissemination of this policy and forms to employees operating school district vehicles. The superintendent will oversee a substance-free awareness program to educate employees about the dangers of substance abuse and notify them of available substance abuse treatment resources and programs.
Approved: 8-11-03
Reviewed: 10-10-05, 12-15-08, 03-12-12, 12/14/16
Revised: 04-13-05, 2-16-22
