Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act
To amend sections 3335.02, 3335.09, 3337.01, 3339.01, 3341.02, 3343.02, 3344.01, 3345.45, 3350.10, 3352.01, 3356.01, 3359.01, 3361.01, 3362.01, 3364.01, 4117.14, and 4117.15; to enact new section 3333.045 and sections 3345.029, 3345.0216, 3345.0217, 3345.0218, 3345.0219, 3345.382, 3345.451, 3345.452, 3345.453, 3345.454, 3345.455, 3345.456, 3345.591, 3345.80, and 3345.88; and to repeal section 3333.045 of the Revised Code to enact the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
136th General Assembly
The board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt and enforce a policy that requires the institution to do all of the following: (1)(a) Prohibit all of the following: (i) Any orientation or training course regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion; (ii) The continuation of existing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (iii) Establishing new diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; [...] (vi) The establishment of any new institutional scholarships that use diversity, equity, and inclusion in any manner. For any institutional scholarships existing on the effective date of this section, a state institution shall, to the extent possible, eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements.
"Controversial belief or policy" means any belief or policy that is the subject of political controversy, including issues such as climate policies, electoral politics, foreign policy, diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, immigration policy, marriage, or abortion.
History
Date | Action |
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2025-01-29 | Referred to committee: Higher Education |
2025-01-22 | Introduced |