School safety law repealed in Ohio
Oct 14, 2009 12:32 PM
From The Cleveland Plain Dealer: Four years ago, Ohio legislators
enacted Jarod's Law, which called for every public and
private school to submit to an annual inspection and fix
whatever was unsafe. Over the next 18 months, the Ohio Department of
Health drew up an exhaustive set of rules covering everything from
labeling and storing chemicals to which animal species are allowed in
classrooms. After inspections started in 2008, schools scrambled to
make fixes. Then this summer, as lawmakers
hashed out a budget, Jarod's Law disappeared, repealed as of Friday. Many
who had dealt with the law on a daily basis were shocked to find its
repeal buried in a 3,120-page budget bill -- less than four years after
it took effect.
