<p>There have been some interesting court cases on random testing and EC’s. Haven’t read them for awhile since my youngest kid is more than 2 years out of high school and our high school does not have drug testing at all (a sizable portion of the parent community would burn the administration building down and lynch the school board). From what I recall however, many of the cases focus on whether the school board can demonstrate a compelling interest based on evidence of an ongoing problem or actual risk of usage to overcome the right not to be subjected to unreasonable intrusions by local government into 4th amendment rights in the context of tax supported activities and action by an elected board.</p>
<p>I personally would not support random testing by my local public schools for a variety of reasons. These range from my views on civil liberties that every day are further under attack and erosion for reasons based on fear mongering, my view that such policies are often driven by a political agenda on the part of elected officials and the desire to get good P.R., the view that we are more and more watching our schools become a police agency, watch dogs of political correctness and mechanisms of promoting social agendas rather than focusing on educational values and functions, and that schools should not be substituting themselves for parents in assuming responsibility and control over the behavior of kids outside of school.</p>