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Ohio Petition Drive Fails to Collect Needed Signatures for DEI Law Repeal
OHIO, JUN 26 – Opponents failed to gather 248,092 signatures needed for a November referendum, allowing Senate Bill 1 to ban DEI programs and faculty strikes on Ohio public college campuses.
- Ohio Senate Bill 1, which bans diversity, equity, inclusion programs and faculty strikes at public colleges, took effect on June 27 after Gov. Mike DeWine signed it in March.
- Opponents needed 248,092 valid signatures by June 26 to place a referendum on the November ballot but announced they fell short and would not file the petition.
- The law enforces a range of programmatic reforms across Ohio’s state university system and community college network, including the removal of voting privileges for student trustees and the mandate that students complete a three-credit course in civics.
- The bill passed the Senate 28-18 and the House 67-48, with supporters calling it a necessary reform while opponents protested its impact on academic freedom and labor rights.
- With the referendum effort failed, institutions are already dismantling equity offices and opponents plan legal challenges, signaling ongoing controversy over the law's effects.
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Opponents 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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