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Cincinnati City Council urges Ohio House to defeat Senate Bill 1, citing limits on campus DEI and academic freedom
Summary
Council approved a resolution opposing Senate Bill 1, saying the measure would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, restrict curricula and ban faculty strikes; vote was unanimous of those present.
Cincinnati City Council on the floor Wednesday adopted a resolution urging the Ohio House of Representatives to defeat Senate Bill 1, which sponsors say would bar diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at state public universities and place new restrictions on campus instruction and faculty activity.
Vice Mayor Kearney introduced the resolution, calling SB 1 “an education bill, really a miseducation bill,” and said the council asked state lawmakers to reject it. Council member Beth Albee read the resolution’s…
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