Ohio lawmakers consider giving schools option to arm teachers

Ohio school districts have always had the power to arm teachers if they so choose and a school board approves.Mad River Local Schools paid to have 32 teachers armed with handguns last year. They also have bullet-proof vests.The district said it doesn't have the money to pay for school resource officers so it chose to pay to have teachers trained through the Ohio Peace Officer Academy.The cost: $5,000 compared to $100,000 for school resource officers at all of its eight buildings. All the guns ar