To combat vaping, this Nebraska school district will randomly test students for nicotine.
Once a month, 20 to 25 kids at Fairbury will be randomly selected to be tested for nicotine through a urine test, Grizzle said. If they are found to have nicotine in their system, the student must sit out for 10 participation days of their extracurricular. If there is a second offense, they have to sit out for 45 days, and see a certified substance abuse counselor or licensed mental health provider for an evaluation or treatment at their own expense, he said.
"Our main concern is that number one, it's unhealthy. Number two, it's against the law: they are not supposed to be able to purchase cigarettes and vaping and all that," Grizzle said. Plus, he added:"I think it would stand to reason that it would get in the way of opportunities and educational experiences if they're focused more on when they can vape as opposed to what's going on in the classroom.
The rural school district of Fairbury, Nebraska, has about 900 students, 383 of whom are enrolled at the junior-senior high school. In the 2017 to 2018 school year, there were seven disciplinary incidents involving vaping at Fairbury Junior-Senior High School; in the 2018 to 2019 school year, that number jumped to 30, Grizzle said.
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