South Gibson School Board v. Sollman

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

RUCKER, Justice.

Case Summary

Gibson Southern High School has a zero-tolerance drug policy. In essence, any student found in possession of drugs is expelled from school. When a small amount of marijuana was found in the truck of junior student Trent Sollman with only three days left in the fall semester, he was not only expelled from school for the balance of the year, but also he was denied credit for all course work previously completed that semester. On review, the trial court determined that the policy of summarily denying credit to a student suspended and later…