US EditionOhio Petition Drive Fails to Collect Needed Signatures for DEI Law Repeal
- Opponents of Ohio's Senate Bill 1 failed to submit enough signatures by June 26 to place a referendum on the November ballot to repeal the law banning DEI programs and faculty strikes.
- The petition effort to overturn SB1 did not succeed, despite thousands of protesters and hours of testimony opposing the bill, which was approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature and enacted into law by Gov. Mike DeWine in March.
- SB1 prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in public higher education, bans faculty strikes, limits collective bargaining topics, requires annual faculty evaluations, and mandates a three-credit civics course for students.
- Senator Jerry Cirino, the bill’s sponsor, said he was pleased the referendum failed and that university presidents are now working to comply with the law set to take effect June 27.
- With SB1 becoming law, Ohio universities are already dismantling equity offices and closing LGBTQ centers, while opponents plan legal challenges and organizers seek other options.
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Watauga Democrat
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Ohio Capital Journal
The Crescent-NewsOpponents of new Ohio higher education law don’t have enough signatures to get a referendum
Amanda Fehlbaum, one of three Youngstown State University faculty members who tried to get referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot to stop Senate Bill 1, spoke at a press conference on June 26. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal).Opponents of Ohio Republican lawmakers’ higher education overhaul that bans diversity efforts and faculty strikes, and sets rules around classroom discussion, have failed to collect enough signatures to put a referendu…
NiagaraFallsReview.ca
Effort to repeal Ohio ban on college DEI programs, faculty strikes falls short
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A petition drive seeking the repeal of a recent Ohio law banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs as well as faculty strikes at public colleges and universities has fallen short of the signatures needed to place…
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