1. Why do a growing number of school districts and states say they are trying to begin random drug testing on their teachers?

2. How are teachers unions and others who oppose the attempts to implement random drug testing responding?

3. What type of drug testing for teachers does the National Education Association (NEA) support, according to Michael Simpson?

4. a) How does Missouri Rep. Don Wells defend his bill for drug testing for teachers?
b) What do you think of Rep. Wells argument? Be specific.

5. If the bill for testing teachers for drug use in Missouri passes, what negative economic effect will it have on school districts there?

6. a) Why did Hawaii's Gov. Linda Lingle push for drug testing for teachers in her state?
b) How did the teachers' union in Hawaii respond? Be specific.

7. What type of drug testing should be required for teachers: (Explain your answer.)
--none
--random testing anytime during the school year
--at the beginning of each school year
--when an administrator trained to detect drug abuse has reasonable suspicion that a teacher could be under the influence
--when a teacher is injured on the job
--before teachers are hired, but not after they have started working in the district

8. a) Should schools be able to conduct random drug testing on students?
b) Should schools be able to conduct scheduled drug testing on student athletes at the beginning of the season?
c) Should police officers, factory workers and people in most other industries be randomly tested for drug use?
d) Is it constitutional to conduct random drug tests on people working in certain fields but not others?
Explain your answers.