Employees who operate school vehicles are subject to drug and alcohol testing if a commercial driver's license is required to operate the school vehicle and the school vehicle transports 16 or more persons including the driver or the school vehicle weighs 26,001 pounds or more. For purposes of the drug and alcohol testing program, the term "employees" includes applicants who have been offered a position to operate a school vehicle.
The employees operating a school vehicle as described are subject to pre-employment drug testing and random, reasonable suspicion, post-accident drug and alcohol testing. Employees operating school vehicles will not perform a safety-sensitive function within four hours of using alcohol. Employees governed by this policy are subject to the drug and alcohol testing program beginning the first day they operate or are offered a position to operate school vehicles and continue to be subject to the drug and alcohol testing program as long as they may be required to perform a safety-sensitive function as it is defined in the administrative regulations. Employees with questions about the drug and alcohol testing program may contact the Wapello School District contact person, Darren Wilson, Transportation Director at Pleasant Street, Wapello, IA. Phone: (319) 523-5561.
Employees who violate the terms of this policy are subject to discipline up to and including termination.
It is the responsibility of the superintendent to develop administrative regulations to implement this policy in compliance with the law. The superintendent will inform applicants of the requirement for drug and alcohol testing and notices or advertisements for employment.
The superintendent shall also be responsible for publication and dissemination of this policy and its supporting administrative regulations to employees operating school vehicles. The superintendent will also oversee a substance-free awareness program to educate employees about the dangers of substance abuse and notify them of available substance abuse treatment resources and programs.
Employees who violate the terms of this policy may be subject to discipline up to and including termination. Employees who violate this policy will, as a condition of continued employment, be required to successfully participate in a substance abuse evaluation and, if recommended by the substance abuse professional, a substance abuse treatment program. Employees required to participate in and who fail to or refuse to successfully participate in a substance abuse evaluation or recommend substance abuse treatment program may be subject to discipline up to and including termination.
Legal Reference: American Trucking Assoc. Inc. V
Federal Highway Admin. 51 Fed. 3rd
405 (4th Cir. 1995)
42 U.S.C §§ 12101
49 U.S.C. 5331 et. seq.
41 U.S.C. §§ 701-707
49 C.F.R. Pt. 40; 382: 391.81-123
34 C.F.R. Pt. 85
Local 301, Internat'l Assoc. of Fire Fighters,
AFL-CIO, and City of Burlington, PERB
No. 3876 ( 3-26-91 )
Iowa Code §§ 124; 279.8; 730.5 321.375(2) (2003)
Cross Reference: 403.5 Substance-Free Workplace
409.2 Licensed Employee Personal Illness Leave
414.2 Classified Employee Personal Illness Leave
Approved: 2/15/1996
Reviewed: 7/10/2003; 02/14/2008; 10/12/11; 11/9/16; 10/13/21
Revised: 7/10/2003