The Board of Education of the Northeast Technology Center (“School District”) adopts the following requirements addressing drug and alcohol use by students and employees, to comply with Section 22(b) (1) of the Drug Free Schools and Campuses Regulations (Title 34, Subtitle A, Part 86).

1. The School District shall maintain as part of its curriculum age-appropriate, developmentally-based drug and alcohol education and prevention programs (which address the legal, social and health consequences of drug and alcohol use and which provide information about effective techniques for resisting peer pressure to use illicit drugs or alcohol) for all students in all grades offered by the School District.

2. The drug and alcohol education and prevention programs shall clearly convey to students that the use of illicit drugs and the unlawful possession and use of alcohol is wrong and harmful.

3. The School District has adopted and shall maintain, as part of its student conduct and discipline policies, mandatory standards of conduct and disciplinary sanctions applicable to all students regarding the use of drugs and alcohol. The standards and sanctions shall be included in the student handbook which is distributed to all students, and copies of those provisions shall be sent to students’ parents at the beginning of each school year.

4. Information for students about drug and alcohol counseling and rehabilitation and reentry programs available to them in the geographical area shall be maintained in each school in the District. Administrators in each school shall develop age-appropriate measures for making students and/or their parents aware of the availability of the information and for making it easily and freely accessible to them.

5. The School District has adopted and shall maintain, as part of its personnel policies, mandatory standards of conduct and disciplinary sanctions applicable to all employees regarding the use of drugs and alcohol. The standards and sanctions shall be distributed to all employees at the beginning of each school year and to new employees hired in midyear.

6. Information for employees about drug and alcohol counseling and rehabilitation and reentry programs available to them in the geographical area shall be maintained in each school in the District. The information shall be provided to employees each school year, and shall otherwise be made easily and freely accessible to them.

7. At least every two years, the administration shall conduct a review and evaluation of all the programs and practices implementing these requirements, and report to the Board of Education as to their effectiveness, any recommended changes, and enforcement of sanctions.

Adopted October 19, 1992
Amended October 6, 2008
Amended September 10, 2018
Amended September 14, 2020