Schools
Oak Creek-Franklin To Decide On Drug Testing For 2019-20
Officials said the tests would be paid for through parking and student activity fees, which will go up.
OAK CREEK, WI -- School officials in Oak Creek will vote in December whether to formalize a school drug testing program that has been in the works over the past year.
According to a JSOnline report, oral swabs will be used to test students involved in extracurricular activities including sports in a new random drug-testing program.
The program would start in the 2019-20 school year in Oak Creek-Franklin.
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Officials said the tests would be paid for through parking and student activity fees, which will go up five dollars to $36 in 2019-20.
The testing would be administered by Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin medical staff.
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