Article: FOSTER PARENT MEASURE PASSES HOUSE VOTES TO SHIELD INFO.(News)

Byline: William Hershey, Dayton Daily News

COLUMBUS -- The Ohio House on Wednesday narrowly voted to exempt all personal information of state approved foster parents and prospective foster parents from the state's public records law.

The 52-44 vote to shield the information, including names, came after legislators debated the best way to ensure the safety of foster children and foster parents.

Although the foster parent information is not now exempt from the public records law, the state's policy has been not to release the information. A lawsuit filed over that policy by a newspaper is before the Ohio Supreme Court.

Making the records public would give ...

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