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Jefferson County Public Schools has approved a measure that would allow students to use medical marijuana during school hours.
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Kentuckians are set to gain access to medical marijuana starting in 2025, which left schools across the state to decide whether the medically cleared drug would be allowed on school campuses for use by students. Currently, Kentucky law states that a district can allow the drug on school property.
Parents of JCPS students can now elect to either have a school nurse or staff member administer medical marijuana to the student, or have them or another guardian administer it themselves.
The JCPS policy also states that the administration of medical marijuana to a student must be done out of sight of other students.
Though the board’s decision has been approved by the district’s board of education on Tuesday, June 26, medical marijuana will not be legally available to anyone in Kentucky until Jan. 1, 2025.
Businesses will be able to get licenses for the sale of medical marijuana later this year in October.
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