Ohio’s House of Representatives has passed a bill making it easier for teachers and school employees to bring guns into their classrooms. Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine has said he looks forward to signing House Bill 99, which would allow school employees to carry firearms after just one hour of training. Ohio Federation of Teachers Vice President Shari Obrenski blasted the legislation during a state Senate hearing this week. She cited a parallel effort by Ohio Republicans to ban books from school libraries that deal with topics like race and LGBTQ+ rights.

Shari Obrenski: “Teachers aren’t trusted to do curriculum. We aren’t trusted with the books we choose. But somehow we’re supposed to be trusted with a gun in school?”