A federal appeals court has ruled that a mid-Missouri technical college can require all students to take drug tests.
The St. Louis-based 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its 2-1 ruling Monday. At issue is a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union filed after the Linn-based State Technical College of Missouri began drug testing all first-year students and some returning students in 2011. The ACLU claimed the school's widespread drug testing violated students' Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful searches and seizures.
A federal judge ruled in 2013 that the two-year technical school could use drug tests only in five specific programs. The Jefferson City News Tribune reports that the appeals court ruled that the decision was too narrow.
