Bill to charge Ohio teachers would combat 'obscene' classroom books, lawmaker says

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Ohio legislator says a bill to charge educators with felonies for handing out "obscene" materials is needed after substitute teachers saw books in the classroom "depicting actions that students don't need to be seeing."

The legislation, House Bill 556, received a Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee hearing on Dec. 3 and would establish "criminal liability for certain teachers and librarians for the offense of pandering obscenity." The bill would charge...