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BAD SPORTS IN BIRMINGHAM CITY SCHOOLS

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Mandatory Student Drug Testing Sought for Birmingham Athletes, Other Students May be Included: For the past four years, without success, Citizens for Better Schools (CFBS) has sought a prophylactic program to stave off drug use by student athletes in Birmingham City Schools.   Renewing that effort for school year 2007-2008, Citizens for Better Schools’ executive director Ronald E. Jackson called on the Birmingham Board of Education and Superintendent Stan Mims to implement a mandatory alcohol and drug testing program for student athletes in City schools.  Presently, drug (including steroids) and alcohol testing are not part of student athlete testing in City Schools. Mr. Jackson cited several recent examples of prominent Birmingham student athletes who have fallen victim to drug use, A recent Atlanta automobile accident in which a high profile Atlanta high school quarter back died.  An autopsy linked his tragic death with cocaine and alcohol. Mr. Jackson urged Birmingham superintendent Stan Mims and school board members to add alcohol and drug testing to Birmingham’s “No Pass No Play” policy.  Birmingham is the only major urban school district in the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan area without a mandatory student athlete drug testing program and policy.  Hoover City schools recently adopted a student drug policy covering all students who drive to any Hoover school.   Mr. Jackson said coaches and student trainers should also be covered by the policy.

Opinion polls by national education researchers show overwhelming support among parents for mandatory drug testing. Cullman County schools are presently participating in a federal drug testing grant program.  Federal government funding has been available for school districts willing to fight the scourge of drugs use among student-athletes.  In past years grants were available requiring at least two (2) high schools per application, as each grantee will be required to participate in a National Evaluation Study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education. The two high schools proposed to take part in the national evaluation must not have an existing drug-testing program in place. LEAs are the only eligible applicants (this includes private schools.)  School districts without 2 high schools might consider partnering with other districts in order to meet this eligibility requirement.
For a past application package see: www.ed.gov/programs/drugtesting/applicant.html

For the Federal Register notice of May 22, 2006:  "Grants for School-Based Student Drug-Testing Programs" to preview the 2006 program requirements, see:
 http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/proprule/2006-2/052206a.html To view a complete list of grantees http://www.ed.gov/programs/drugtesting/awards.html.In January of 2002, President Bush signed HR 1, the Education Act named the "No Child Left behind Act" into law.  Title IV of that Act addresses the use of federal monies to pay for student drug-testing programs.  Click on the link below to view Title IV.H.R. 1, (Education Act, 2002), Title IV excerpt covering funding of student drug-testing programsHighlights of Title IV of H.R. 1