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SB 1 will ensure free speech on campus for both students and professors
“My Advance Ohio Higher Education Act will ensure the right to free speech on campus for both students and professors.
DEI put certain ideas off limits. Numerous students have told us they risk retaliation should they dare to suggest such politically incorrect notions as climate change is more theory than fact, there are only two sexes, American is not fundamentally racist, boys do not belong in girls restrooms, the president is not a fascist, etc., etc., etc.
My bill will prevent professors from punishing students with a bad grade for expressing opposing views on controversial subjects. It will restore free speech and intellectual diversity on our campuses."
- Read more from Sen. Jerry Cirino
Credit: Erin Pence
Credit: Erin Pence
Higher education must remain a path toward career success and civic engagement
“We live in challenging times, with extreme political polarization and a diminishing sense of economic security. We need to come together and collectively leverage our diverse talents and perspectives to enable the well-being of every family and all communities. Senate Bill 1 threatens our ability to do so. Though the bill claims the laudable goal of, “an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, [and] supports individual capacities for growth”, its policy mechanisms do the opposite by limiting our development and dividing our communities."
Jessica Barnett, Secretary of the WSU Chapter of AAUP- Read more from