State Senator Jim Merritt issued a statement Saturday about the decision of the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board to not list protected classes in its nondiscrimination policy.  Below is the text of Senator Merritt’s statement:

“I am fully in support of Board Member Chambers’ amendment to the HSE discrimination policy. As I have noted before, the new state bias crime bill would have been even stronger if it had specified key at-risk groups and I plan to fight for those designations in the future. HSE has the opportunity now to protect vulnerable members of the community and should act in a forward-thinking, positive and inclusive manner.”

Part of Senator Merritt’s Senate District includes part of the HSE School District.