Court upholds Indiana school drug test plan

A federal appeals court here has upheld a ruling permitting anIndiana school district to require random drug testing of high schoolathletes and cheerleaders.

The three-judge U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesdayunanimously upheld a lower court ruling backing the Tippecannoe(County) School Corp. in requiring drug testing.

The school board in August, 1987, passed a rule requiringcheerleaders and athletes at Harrison and McCutcheon high schoolsnear Lafayette, and their parents or guardians, to sign agreements tosubmit to random urine testing. The rule has not gone into effectwhile challenged in court.

"We're disappointed," Indiana Civil Liberties …