(AP) – A federal appellate court has reinstated a judge’s 2013
ruling that a central Missouri technical college’s mandatory drug testing policy
is unconstitutional when applied to most students.
The 9-2 ruling Thursday by the full 8th U.S. District Court of Appeals in St.
Louis sided with the American Civil Liberties Union in reversing an earlier
decision by a three-judge panel of that court.
That trio had overturned a federal judge’s injunction barring State Technical
College of Missouri – formerly Linn State Technical College – from drug
screening all of its 1,200 students.
The college offers three dozen programs. Thursday’s ruling upholds the lower
court’s allowing of the college to drug test students in five safety-sensitive
programs, including aviation maintenance and electrical-related studies.
Messages left Thursday with college administrators weren’t returned.
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