Ohio group brings efforts to repeal controversial Senate Bill 1 to restore DEI initiatives in higher education: Legally Speaking

Ohio group brings efforts to repeal controversial Senate Bill 1 to restore DEI initiatives in higher education: Legally Speaking

Citizens in Youngstown and Akron push to repeal Ohio's Senate Bill 1, aiming to restore DEI initiatives in public higher education by gathering necessary signatures.

Push on to stop higher ed overhaul in Ohio

(The Center Square) – A little more than a month after becoming law, Ohio’s higher education overhaul is under fire.

Opponents of higher education, anti-DEI Senate Bill 1 cleared to collect signatures in Ohio

Opponents of Senate Bill 1, which bans DEI programs and impacts tenure, are gathering signatures for a referendum to repeal it.

Signature collection can begin to get referendum to repeal higher education law on Ohio’s ballot

Ohio AG certifies language for referendum to repeal S.B. 1 affecting universities.

Signature collection can begin to get referendum to repeal higher education law on Ohio's ballot

Ohio college students and protesters rally at the Statehouse on March 19, 2025, against Senate Bill 1, a higher education overhaul that bans diversity efforts and faculty strikes, and sets rules around classroom discussion, among other things. (Photo by David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal.)The first major hurdle to get a referendum on the November ballot to repeal Ohio’s massive higher education law has been cleared.  Ohio Attorney General Dave Y…

Signature collecting can start to get referendum to repeal higher education law on Ohio’s ballot

The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.The first major hurdle to getting a referendum on the November ballot to repeal Ohios massive higher education law has been cleared.Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost certified the title and summary language for a referendum that would repeal Senate Bill 1, set to take effect at the end of June.S.B. 1 bans…