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Ohio governor signs bill allowing armed school employees

State Sen. Frank Hoaglund, a Republican from southeastern Ohio, discusses his support for a law that gives school districts the option of arming trained school employees, on Monday, June 13, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Hoaglund shepherded the bill through the Ohio Senate. GOP Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into law Monday and ordered the Ohio School Safety Center to require a maximum of 24 hours of initial training and eight hours of annual training. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins) Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine discusses a law that gives school districts the option of arming trained school employees, on Monday, June 13, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. The Republican DeWine signed the bill into law Monday and ordered the Ohio School Safety Center to require a maximum of 24 hours of initial training and eight hours of annual training. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins) Rep. Thomas Hall, a Republican from southwestern Ohio, discusses the bill he sponsored that gives school districts the option of arming trained school employees, Monday, June 13, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Hall sponsored the legislation after his father, a resource officer at Madison local schools, thwarted a 2016 school shooting. GOP Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into law Monday and ordered the Ohio School Safety Center to require a maximum of 24 hours of initial training and eight hours of annual training. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)