Pot-in-schools bill clears Colorado legislative hurdle

DENVER (AP) — Colorado schools would be forced to allow students to use medical pot under a bill that cleared its first hurdle Monday at the state Legislature.

School officials testified against the requirement, saying marijuana remains illegal under federal law.

Kathleen Sullivan, a lawyer for the Colorado Association of School Boards, said the requirement could endanger about $433 million in federal money that goes to Colorado public schools.

[...] lawmakers Monday were swayed by marijuana patients like Jack Splitt, a 15-year-old with cerebral palsy who says he can't attend school until schools are forced to allow his treatments.