Therefore, it was not surprising that once the Oregon, Vernonia School District determined that all student athletes must submit to a drug test at the beginning of the sports season before they could participate, some parents became angry. One family filed a lawsuit claiming that the requirement of a drug test was a violation of their Fourth Amendment rights. This case was between Vernonia School District v. Acton. The court began this case by determining if this was in fact defined as a search under the Fourth Amendment and they concluded that it was. The court then had to determine if the student’s privacy rights were being violated by the drug screenings. After some deliberation, the court ruled that because the school had many issues with drug use by students and that there was a safety concern of students playing sports under the influence of drugs, that such drug testing was
Therefore, it was not surprising that once the Oregon, Vernonia School District determined that all student athletes must submit to a drug test at the beginning of the sports season before they could participate, some parents became angry. One family filed a lawsuit claiming that the requirement of a drug test was a violation of their Fourth Amendment rights. This case was between Vernonia School District v. Acton. The court began this case by determining if this was in fact defined as a search under the Fourth Amendment and they concluded that it was. The court then had to determine if the student’s privacy rights were being violated by the drug screenings. After some deliberation, the court ruled that because the school had many issues with drug use by students and that there was a safety concern of students playing sports under the influence of drugs, that such drug testing was