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: Aug. 29, 2005

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: SACCO PLEASED CODEY SIGNS HIS DRUG TESTING BILL FOR STUDENT ATHLETES 

: TRENTON - Senator Nicholas J. Sacco said he was pleased that Acting Governor 
: Codey today signed his bill, S-500, to permit local school districts to give 
: random drug tests to student athletes. 

: "This new law is important for school districts to have the tools to test 
: athletes for steroids and other performance enhancing drugs," said Senator 
: Sacco, D-Hudson and Bergen, a professional school district administrator. 

: Senator Sacco has been the leading State advocate for giving random drug 
: tests to student athletes based on their special pressures to perform which 
: set them apart from other students. 

: "Student athletes have been pressured into making bad choices about steroid 
: use and this will provide a check on that pressure," Senator Sacco said. 

: "I've seen random tests work effectively in North Bergen where the emphasis 
: is getting users to receive treatment rather than punishing them for making 
: mistakes about using steroids," said Senator Sacco who is the Assistant 
: Superintendent of Schools in North Bergen. 

: Under the Sacco statute, random drug tests would be based on rules adopted 
: by the State Board of Education in consultation with the Department of 
: Health. Testing would be conducted by the school physician, school nurse or 
: a physician or laboratory designated by the board of education. 

: "The importance of this law is that it will establish statewide guidelines 
: for the random tests for student athletes," Senator Sacco said. 

: Under the new law, disciplinary action related to positive test results 
: would be limited to an athletes suspension or ban from participation in 
: interscholastic athletics. 

: "The public education aspect of this new law is just as vital as the testing 
: itself because it sends out a message to parents and athletes alike that 
: there will be consequences to illegal use of drugs," Senator Sacco said. "At 
: the same time, the purpose of the testing is to educate and enlighten the 
: students about the illegal use of dangerous, performance-enhancing 
: substances." 

: Prior to any school board adopting a drug testing policy, a public hearing 
: must be held and the policy must be distributed to the students and their 
: parents at the beginning of the school year. Consenting to the testing would 
: be a condition for participation in that school district's athletic program, 
: Senator Sacco said. 

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