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03/28/2025
DeWine Signs Ohio Senate Bill 1
It will ban DE&I initiatives, knowledge sharing at Ohio's public colleges
On Friday, Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that will prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) programs at public colleges and universities and will prohibit faculty from going on strike.
The bill, also known as the "Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act," ended up on DeWine's desk after the Senate passed it 20 to 11 on Wednesday.
The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Jerry Cirino, a Cleveland-area Republican, has said the bill aims to protect “intellectual diversity,” not dampen it. During Senate debate on the bill in February, Cirino called DE&I a “debacle” that "has morphed into institutional discrimination" against conservative perspectives. Schools that violate its provisions would risk losing their state funding.
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