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Committee to add tribal medical cannabis protections to drug-free workplace policy
Summary
Staff told the Policy Review Committee the MSBA-recommended update to Policy 4-18 would prevent the district from refusing enrollment or penalizing pupils or employees solely for enrollment in the Minnesota patient registry or a tribal medical cannabis program; the committee advanced the language to first reading.
Doctor Belmont briefed the committee on a proposed MSBA-recommended change to Policy 4-18 (drug-free workplace/drug-free schools) that would explicitly add members of tribal medical cannabis programs to protections already extended to Minnesota patient-registry participants.
Staff explained the change would read that the "school district may not refuse to enroll or otherwise penalize a patient or person enrolled in the Minnesota patient registry program or a tribal medical cannabis program as a pupil solely because the patient or person is enrolled in the registry program." The policy draft includes due-process obligations for employers and retains language that allows different treatment where federal law or regulations would otherwise cause the district to lose federal funding or licensing.
A staff member characterized the adjustment as non‑substantive in practice but necessary to reflect legislative updates; the committee agreed to place the change on first reading.
