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Education groups are voicing their concerns over the new law that takes mandatory training from 700 hours to 24 hours.

According to the new law, local school districts still have the option to allow teachers and staff to be armed if they receive the new amount of required training.

Sen. Rob Portman is among a bipartisan group of senators supporting gun and school safety measures; Gov. Mike DeWine signs into law a bill reducing training requirements for arming teachers and staff in schools.

Officials hope to educate participants on recycling do's and don't's during the sign up period; A Parma teen has been arrested for sending a school shooting threat via Instagram; Gov. Mike DeWine will sign House Bill 99 lowering training requirements for arming school staff.

The bill, passed by Republican lawmakers on Wednesday, dramatically lowers the training requirements for teachers, faculty, staff or volunteers who want to be armed in schools.

The Republican-backed House Bill 99, which was approved a week after a deadly school shooting in Texas, would allow school staff to carry firearms with only 24 hours of training; Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren announced plans to expand the city's parental leave policy; and more stories.

The bill allows teachers, staff and volunteers to carry weapons with 24 hours of training, down from more than 700 hours in current law.

As COVID-19 cases rise again, masks will be required for all indoor visitors and employees inside county buildings regardless of vaccination status; A bill to allow Ohio school districts to arm teachers and staff faced strong opposition at its first hearing since the deadly school shooting in Texas; MetroHealth trauma workers sent care packages to Uvalde, Texas.

The bill that sets minimum training requirements for teachers, other personnel and volunteers who want to carry weapons in school buildings is likely to be on the Senate floor on Wednesday.

The Statehouse News Bureau takes a look back at 2021 and the bills that fell short of becoming law.