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Ohio lawmakers are on the right track in allowing school districts to set their own training requirements for employees who plan to be armed on the job. Employees who plan to carry weapons while working on school grounds should undergo training. But school districts can sort out for themselves just how much, and what works in their communities. (For example, training requirements in Cleveland or Columbus school districts might be different from those employees working locally.)
Under the bill, armed school employees would need to take the eight hours of training required for a concealed weapons permit under Ohio law, then take 18 additional "general" hours of training and two hours of handgun training.
That makes sense, and gives local school districts the flexibility to add to the requirements in a way that will be best for their own staff -- and students. The idea is to make our schools safer, not make the requirements so overwhelming that they are prohibitive.
Kudos to Buckeye State lawmakers who understand that.