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Darcy L. Schaill by next friend William and Mary Kross; and Shelley M. Johnson by next friend Donald C. Johnson, Plaintiffs
vs.
Tippecanoe County School Corporation Kenneth J. Koger Superintendent of Tippecanoe County School Corporation Gerald P. Risk as President of School Board Trustees Paul A. Slavens Joseph Albregts Richard Harlow Sr. James Mosley Robert Berninger Leslie Bryan as Board of School Trustees of Tippecanoe School Corporation, Defendants
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Issues:
Fourth amendment, invasion of privacy, drug test, refusal, individualized suspicion.
Case Summary:
Darcy Schaill, a high school student in the Tippecanoe County school system, refuses to sign a drug testing consent form as a prerequisite to her participation in interscholastic athletics. Schaill asserts that a urinalysis constitutes an unreasonable search and violates her rights. She contends there are less intrusive methods to accomplish the school's stated goal-of a drug free athletic program.
Decision of lower jurisdiction:
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana is the first court to hear this case.
Outcome:
Schaill loses. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana acknowledged that the urinalysis program here constitutes a search. However, the court determined that school officials tailored the program to protect the constitutional rights of Schaill and other students involved in the drug testing program.