The Governor signs the prohibition of DEI in Ohio public colleges despite the opposition by students and teachers

Columbus, Ohio – The Republican Governor Mike Dewine has signed legislation to prohibit programs of diversity, equity and inclusion and to make other radical changes to the public colleges and universities of Ohio.

Students, teachers and civil rights groups called for a veto in Dewine, whose office announced the signing on Friday without any other comment from the governor.

The American Historical Association, American Civil Liberties Union, the American Association of University Professors, the two largest unions and democrats of kindergarten teachers in the 12th year of Ohio, all called on Dewine to reject the Senatorial 1 bill, which also prohibits the strikes of teachers and will limit discussion in class.

Allison Russo, the Ohio House minority chief, said Dewine’s long career in the public service would be tarnished by his decision.

“The governor must now live with the consequences that will haunt his heritage because the signing of SB 1 begins the inevitable destruction of the Ohio higher education system by legalizing the censorship and discrimination sponsored by the State,” she said in a press release. “(I) t will damage our economy and our future by making Ohio an extremely undesirable place to learn and work, and this radically undermines the collective negotiation rights of workers.”

The measure, which sparked long-term hearings and demonstrations attended by hundreds of demonstrators, was a priority for the GOP-Supermajority legislature, after having died in the last partisan session. This year, he evolved quickly. After being presented in January, he erased the Senate in February, erased the Ohio Chamber with changes of 59-34 last week and was paid on Wednesday on a 20-11 vote in the Senate.

In addition to banning Dei programs and canceling certain collective negotiations and permanence protections for teachers, the new law will also promise schools not to influence students’ opinions on “controversial” subjects, will require that each student of Ohio take a three -hour civic education course and imposed dozens of other programming and administrative changes. Schools that violate its provisions will risk losing their state funding.

The bill of the bill, the senator of the State Jerry Cirino, republican of the Cleveland region, said that the bill aims to protect “intellectual diversity”, and not to amortize it. During the Senate debate on the bill in February, Cirino described as a “debacle” which “turned into institutional discrimination” against conservative perspectives.

“It was a long and hard route but was well worth the effort,” Cirino said in a statement on Friday. “I believe that it is a monumentally important legislation which will allow public universities and the community colleges of Ohio to face the imminent challenges of registration and to inaugurate a rebirth of academic excellence.”

Republican President Donald Trump has advanced the same argument he targeted with Dei programs at the federal level, the rescue and the pleasure of many preservatives.

A group of federal employees intended for dismissal due to their involvement in such activities has filed a complaint in terms of collective appeal against the administration. And Thursday, a federal judge temporarily blocked another of the executive decrees linked to the DEI of the president affecting federal entrepreneurs and the beneficiaries of subsidies.

Ohio ACLU Director Jocelyn Rosnick said the bill “sends a clear and harmful message to students that their history, their unique experiences and prospects are not welcome in Ohio.”

“In addition, the extremely vague and contradictory language concerning the prohibition of so-called” controversial beliefs or policies creates a slippery slope for teachers and administration, “she said in a statement.” This could lead teachers to avoid such subjects in classrooms for fear of reprisals. “