A bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Ohio’s public colleges and universities and stripping certain collective bargaining and tenure protections from faculty cleared the Republican-led Ohio Senate on Wednesday,
SB 34 makes Ten Commandments one of nine historical documents schools can display, sparking church-state debate.
Republicans in the Ohio Senate approved a sweeping higher education overhaul − hours after hundreds of students and faculty expressed their vehement opposition to its many changes.
Former national champion football coach at Ohio State and political rookie Jim Tressel took the first step in becoming Ohio’s new lieutenant governor when the Senate
One section of the bill would require all students at Ohio colleges and universities to take an American civics literacy course designed by the state, rather than the professor or school.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Senate passed a sweeping higher education bill Wednesday afternoon that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, faculty strikes, and require professors to post syllabi online,
The co-sponsor of a new bipartisan bill to give Ohio public school students free meals is hoping to see it included as a priority in the state's two-year operating budget due July 1.
A proposed Ohio Senate bill would see the current marijuana law in the state essentially replaced with measures that would see a tax hike, changes to the licenses, and more. Senate Bill 56, proposed by Senator Stephen Huffman,
Ohio students and professors called the state Senate’s actions “undemocratic” after more than 800 testimonies against Senate Bill 1 were not enough to stop the Senate from passing the bill.
The bill takes aim at diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, and seeks to foster what the bills authors define as intellectual diversity.
The legislation would also establish post-tenure reviews and require all instructors to share their contact information and syllabi publicly.
The Ohio Cannabis Coalition has concerns that the legislation will direct all marijuana tax revenue to the state's general revenue fund.