Colorado pot-in-schools bill nearing governor’s desk

Colorado schools would be required to allow medical marijuana use under a bill nearing its final vote in the state Legislature.

The bill won unanimous approval Monday in the state Senate. It expands a 2015 law to allow schools to permit non-smokeable marijuana medicines at school, as long as the school districts agree and the drug is administered by a parent or adult caregiver.

No school district has agreed to allow pot, however. This year’s bill would make it a requirement. But one school district in southern Colorado is drafting a proposal to be voted on later this month.

“We’ve learned that some of these students loose 2,000 minutes a year outside of the classroom,” said D49 spokesman Matt Meister.

Parents can weigh in and read more on the proposal here.

One parent says she’s glad to see this move.

“Sixty-two drug combinations … it doesn’t work. And I can’t wait,” said Jennie Stormes, whose son Jaxson suffers from Dravet syndrome, a genetic disorder that inhibits most of his motor functions.

She’s pushed for legislation allowing cannabis-enfused medications in the past because it’s significantly helped her son.

“The law says they must make an appropriate accommodation,” she said.

The bill has already passed the House. One more formal Senate vote is required before the measure heads to the governor’s desk.

Colorado would be the second state after New Jersey to require schools to accommodate medical pot.