COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A bill that would allow public and private schools to carry drug overdose reversal medicines and use them in emergencies is headed to Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature.

House Bill 57 passed the Senate 28 to 4 on Wednesday. The Ohio House later concurred with the Senate’s changes, approving it 78-18.

The bill originally had been noncontroversial, having passed the House on May 7 unanimously. But in the Senate, an amendment was added to the bill to provide more flexibility for students who want to leave school in the middle of the day for release time for religious instruction.

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed students to leave school for release time in a 1952 decision, if the religious program is off campus, students are not forced to attend it and public school re

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