DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS

The District prohibits the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance, illicit drug, and alcohol, as those terms are defined in state and federal law, in the workplace, on school premises, or as part of any of the District’s activities.

Employees who violate this prohibition shall be subject to disciplinary sanctions. Such sanctions may include referral to drug and alcohol counseling or rehabilitation programs or employee assistance programs, termination from employment with the District, and referral to appropriate law enforcement officials for prosecution. Information on available rehabilitation or employee assistance programs and contacts shall be posted throughout the workplace.

Compliance with these requirements and prohibitions is mandatory and is a condition of employment. As a further condition of employment, an employee shall notify the Superintendent of any criminal drug statute conviction the employee incurs for a violation in a workplace no later than five days after such conviction.

Within 30 calendar days of the Superintendent’s receiving notice from any source of a conviction for any drug statute violation occurring in the workplace, the Superintendent or designee shall either (1) take appropriate personnel action against the employee, up to and including termination of employment or referral for prosecution or (2) require the employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug and alcohol abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a federal, state, or local health agency, law enforcement agency, or other appropriate agency. The cost of any such program shall be borne by the employee.

[This notice complies with notice requirements imposed by the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act [20 U.S.C. 3471, 1221e-3(a)(1) and 34 CFR 85.630]; notice requirements imposed by the federal Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989 [20 U.S.C. 3224a and 34 CFR 86.201]; and notice requirements imposed by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission rules at 28 TAC 169.2]