Granholm signs legislation to keep steroids out of schools
06/26/06
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed legislation Monday aimed at keeping steroids and performance-enhancing drugs out of schools.
One measure will require school boards and charter schools across the state to establish a policy on steroids. It also requires the state Department of Community Health to develop a list of banned substances and make it available to school districts.
Supporters said their intent is to raise awareness about the dangers of steroids in high school. Some critics have said the law doesn't do enough because it doesn't require random testing of athletes.
Another bill adds steroids to the list of drugs prohibited in school and park zones and changes the state's sentencing guidelines to cover steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. While steroids already are prohibited on school grounds, the bills extend that ban 1,000 feet around the perimeter of a school.
Granholm vetoed one sentencing-related bill in the package, however, calling it redundant.
The steroid school policy bills are House Bills 4118 and 4594-96.
