Or at least it will be in Chicago if one Illinois State Legislator has her way:
The Illinois House is expected to vote next week on a proposal that would require all Chicago schoolchildren to wash their hands "with antiseptic soap" before eating, and for the district to upgrade their hand-washing facilities to "nationally accepted standards."...Chicago Teachers Union President Marilyn Stewart won a few chortles at a delegate meeting last week when she announced this latest education legislation gaining traction in Springfield. Still, teachers fear the germ-killing mandate could represent a slippery slope. What's next, they wonder? Sanitizing desk tops? Wiping every doorknob? Pulling little fingers out of noses?
It's still unclear what the penalty for refusing to wash your hands will be... perhaps they'll be banned from recess for a certain number of days. Will the children have to go to juvenile court, or will the teachers be punished instead? Via Nobody's Business, who has some evidence that this particular legislator might have some issues with OCD to deal with first.
Honestly... is there nothing that lawmakers don't think they can pass a law on? Anything?
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