The Ohio state legislature is considering a bill that would dramatically lower training requirements for teachers who wish to carry guns at school.
Under current Ohio law, individual school districts are able decide whether teachers and staff members can arm themselves. In June 2021, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4–3 that any school employee who wants to bear arms on school grounds must either have 20 years of experience as a police officer, or have completed a basic police training program.
A basic police training program in Ohio entails at least 700 hours of education in areas including driving, conducting traffic stops, performing field sobriety tests, testifying in court, investigating human trafficking, and homeland security….