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William Richards

EDL648--Legal and Fiscal Aspects of School Admnistration


Board Policy Revision
Kenny Richards, Ed. D
May 15, 2017

Overview:
When the County of Humboldt issued its Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use
Ordinance, the Southern Humboldt Unified School District began to receive requests from local
landowners asking the district to move its bus stops or grant waivers of the restriction that
permitted marijuana growing, processing, or transportation facilities could not be located within
600 feet of a school or school bus stop. In addition, the legalization of commercial growing of
cannabis has led to questions about the financial and promotional role that local businesses might
have in regard to schools. Every regular school board meeting this year has had an agenda item
dealing with these issues.

Board Policy Changes:


The discussion in regard to school bus stops has changed during the year, and by March
had led to an appoved new board policy which will not allow for school bus stops to be moved,
but does direct the district superintendent to draft a formal policy for the public to request
waivers or alterations to the 600-foot restriction. Initially, the draft board policies in the fall of
2016 indicated that no bus stops would be moved and no waivers would be granted. By
December, the draft policies indicated that the Superintendent should draft a policy for a
commercial cannabis applicant to request the moving of a bus stop, but did not discuss waivers.
After much discussion about the intention of the school district to be a good neighbor to
legally-permitted business, but the potential safety hazards caused by moving bus stops from
decades-old sites that have been proven to be safe, the school board has enacted the new policy
and an application waiver form has been created. (see various attached drafts of BP1700.1)
Attention is now turned to the school districts advertising and promotion policies
(BP1325(a)), with the goal being to determine and draft guidelines for local businesses that are
related to the cannabis industry to be able to advertise in school publications and at school
events, and perhaps to have clear and legal avenues to direct financial resources toward the
schools. The legality, ethics, and prudence of this potential change to board policies does not
have the unanimous support of the school board or the community. Research on schools in
Colorado and Oregon, which already have legal recreational cannabis laws, has indicated that the
schools contacted are hesitant to get near this issue at all.
It continues to be unclear what, if any, financial contributions a legalized cannabis
industry will offer our schools.

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