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Area Catholic high schools, including Bloomington's Central Catholic, will launch aggressive drug-testing policies by next school year, and their superintendent said the goal is deterring drug use while identifying students who need help.
Peoria Diocese Superintendent Mel Kuhbander, interviewed by telephone Friday after he made a formal policy announcement, said the eventual goal will be testing of all 2,500 students in the diocese's five high schools at least once per school year. At an expected rate of $50 per test, that puts the annual cost at $125,000.
The cost may be passed along through higher tuition.
Kuhbander believes it is constitutional to test all students at a private school, and he...