The Ohio Senate unanimously passed a bill to prohibit certain sex offenders from being on school, preschool, or daycare premises.
Current Ohio law only prohibits convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school.
The bill includes exceptions for legitimate purposes, such as a parent picking up a child or voting at a school polling place.
The Ohio Senate passed a bill that would bar most sex offenders from entering schools, preschools and daycares – a restriction lawmakers said should have existed long ago.
Senate Bill 422 passed 33-0 on June 10.
Current Ohio law prohibits convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, but it does not stop them from entering school buildings or attending school‑related events.
“Senate Bill 422 is common sense change aimed at protecting children from sex offenders,” said Sen. Andrew Brenner, R-Delaware, one of the sponsors of the bill. He said he was surprised the prohibition wasn’t already in state law.
Joint sponsor Tim Schaffer, R-Lancaster, said that the legislation strengthens current laws that do not currently prohibit sex offenders from entering school premises and …
So, no law is on the books to prevent this….so has it been a problem??? Has a pfr gone into a school or daycare and molested a child?? So, are we going to enact a law for something that is not happening??? Sounds like it! How about we enact laws that actually protect kids. Like, no drunk drinking within 1000 feet of a school….oh we already have that. But drunks keep on hitting kids???? Strange…
Lmao, every time one of these articles comes out and it says it would apply to “some [PFRs]” you just know by “some” they mean 99% of them—all Level 3s, all Level 2s, and even some Level 1s (which I’m assuming are really rare to begin with), in this case. Every “common sense law” American legislators come up with are the most brain dead garbage laws imaginable.
“We’ve got to close down this loophole and close it down quickly,” Schaffer said.
Why does this moron call something a loophole when there was never a law in place to exploit?
How many sex crimes occur because a registrant entered a school or daycare? I’ve read numerous stories about teachers engaging in a sexual relationship with their student. Again lawmakers are looking at a problem that doesn’t exist. Anything to make a name for yourself while ignoring reality. Hey lawmakers get your heads out of your butts or resign and sells peanuts on a street corner, since you all nuts anyway.
Never heard or read a story about a registrant being in a school or daycare and committing a sex crimes, but I’ve read numerous stories about teachers being engaged in a sexual relationship with their student. Perhaps cameras should be installed in classrooms instead of banning registrants. Anything to make a name for themselves, but I think they should resign and sell peanuts on street corners since they are already nuts.
Go back to online school with an AI teacher. Problem solved. No need to address non-issue. Cancel all school related athletics, clubs, and groups, problem solved.