CLEVELAND, Ohio — What does it say about our lawmakers that a bill meant to put overdose medication in schools morphed into yet another attempt to put religion there, too?
The last-minute rewrite of House Bill 57 was a move so subtle and cynical it nearly escaped notice, yet it pushes Ohio’s public schools even further across the blurred line between church and state.
The bill was supposed to let schools stock and administer overdose medication — a commonsense move that could keep kids alive in a state still struggling under the weight of the opioid crisis. But in the final days before passage, Republican senators slipped in a provision expanding how often students can leave school for religious release time…