Tecumseh High School provides a wide range of extracurricular activities for students, including athletics, cheerleading squad, Future Homemakers of America, choir, band, Future Farmers of America, color guard, and the academic team. The majority of the school's 500 students participate in at least one of these activities. The school district introduced a new policy in 1998 known as the Student Activities Drug Testing Policy. The aim of the policy was to prevent potential issues related to drug use among students. Under the policy, students who participated in any extracurricular activity that was endorsed by the school were required to undergo drug testing. This required written consent from the students and testing could occur at various points, such as before participating in the activity, randomly throughout the year while participating in the activity, and if there was reasonable suspicion of drug use.

In accordance with the school's policy, students selected for drug testing are escorted out of class in small groups by a faculty member. The selected students are then taken to a restroom where they provide a urine sample under the supervision of the faculty member. The sample is divided into two bottles, which are sealed by both the student and the faculty member, and the student signs a form. The bottles are placed in a mailing pouch in the presence of the student and sent to a designated laboratory for testing. This procedure occurred multiple times during the 1998 and 1999 school years.

The school policy ensures that there are no negative academic consequences for refusing to participate in drug testing or for testing positive. Additionally, test results are not shared with any law enforcement agencies. However, students who decline to comply with the policy will not be able to participate in any extracurricular activities. During the two-year period, a total of 484 students were drug tested as part of this policy, and out of them, four students tested positive.

Two students, who were not involved in any sports activities, filed a lawsuit against the school in federal court, claiming that the policy was a violation of their right to privacy. The trial court ruled in favor of the school, but the federal court of appeals overturned the decision. The school board has appealed the case to the United States Supreme Court, which has decided to hear the case.

Prior to this decision, the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld an Oregon high school's policy of randomly and without cause searching its student-athletes, who were seen as the leaders of the"drug culture" at the school. This decision was made due to the fact that the school had a serious drug problem among the student-athletes.

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