Ohio’s push to let 14- and 15-year-olds work later hours just won’t die, and this time Gov. Mike DeWine – the self proclaimed children’s governor – appears to be caving to business pressure to allow it.
That’s the take of the hosts of Today in Ohio, the news discussion podcast from cleveland.com and The Plan Dealer.
Buried inside a bill the inexplicably expand the already-gutted and nearly powerless state Board of Education, Ohio lawmakers quietly added language that would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays during the school year. Child labor laws have nothing to do with the school board, and Ohio laws are supposed to be single subject, but lawmakers ignore that rule all the time. Especially when they need to be sneaky…