Over $350K in Fairport Harbor funding gets final nod from state

School district to establish incubator for student-run startups

COLUMBUS State Rep. John Rogers recently announced the release of $368,680
in Straight A grant funding for
Fairport Harbor Exempted Village. The funding will help the
school district create Startup
Fairport: College, Career and
Community Success, an incubator project to support studentrun startups. Rogers announced
initial state approval of the grant
application in late June.

The Straight A Fund was established to help schools

launch creative new ideas for improving education and to transform Ohios education system
into one that meets the unique
needs of every student in every
classroom. The Ohio Department
of Education received over 141
grant applications for over 400
schools. Fairport Harbor Exempted Village was one of 90 schools
awarded $14.8 million in overall
funding statewide.

I am delighted to see the states

recommendation and approval to
The Governing Board approved
expand innovation and opporthe project at Fairport Harbor
tunity for students in Northeast Ohio, said RogExempted Village in June, but today marks the official
ers. Encouraging children to dream big, come up
project approval and release of state funding to begin
with creative business plans and learn how to market the start-up.
their products will have a positive impact as they prepare to graduate and enter the workforce.

Lawmakers pass bipartisan plan to legalize medical marijuana

HB 523 will give patients, doctors alternatives for treatment of severe illnesses
At a time when our state and many others are confronting rising rates of opioid addiction and heroin use
related to the use of prescription painkillers, I
believe it is our responsibility to explore safe,
non-habit forming alternatives to chronic pain
treatment and relief from symptoms of chronic illness. This includes expanding access to
medical marijuana, which polls show some 90
percent of Ohioans support legalizing.1
Recently, the state legislature passed House
Bill (HB) 523, bipartisan legislation to allow
Ohio residents access to medical marijuana.
The new law will permit doctors with ongoing relationships with patients to prescribe them medical marijuana as a treatment for certain chronic illnesses. With
the passage of HB 523, Ohio has become the 25 th state
plus the District of Columbia to allow medical marijuana.2

cer, chronic pain, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury,

Parkinsons disease spinal cord injury, HIV, AIDS, posttraumatic stress disorder and intractable
pain.3
The law does not allow for individuals to grow
the plant at home. Patients and parents of
children who are prescribed cannabis for
medical purposes will be issued a license.
With the license, caregivers and patients cannot be arrested for possessing or using marijuana. The law also creates an appointed nine
-member control commission to regulate distribution.

While medical marijuana may not be the right choice

for all patients, I believe we should keep an open mind
when it comes to access to medical treatment for
those suffering. I believe this new law can provide doctors and their patients with a means of treatment for
Under HB 523, doctors will be permitted to recommend serious chronic illnesses while protecting the safety
the type of marijuana and method of consumption
and wellbeing of our kids and communities.
patches, cannabis oil, tinctures, plant material and edi1
http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2016/05/11/Poll-shows-90bles to their patients. The law allows cannabis to be
percent-support-in-Ohio-for-legalized-medical-marijuana.html
2
vaporized but prohibits smoking. There are roughly 20
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/25/
different medical conditions and illnesses that qualify
marijuana-legalization-efforts-differ.html
3
patients for the alternative treatment, including canhttp://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/05/
medical_marijuana_bill_clears.html

State Representative
John M. Rogers
Contact Information

Columbus
77 South High Street, 10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7251 Phone
Send me an e-mail: rep60@ohiohouse.gov
On the Web: http://www.house.state.oh.us/

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2013 State Representative John M. Rogers