Overview

• Senate Bill 1 takes effect June 27, banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and prohibiting state universities from endorsing or opposing most controversial policies.
• Kent State University will close its LGBTQ+ Center, Women’s Center, Student Multicultural Center and its LGBTQ+ Living-Learning Community in compliance with the law.
• Ohio State University has shut two DEI offices, eliminated 16 staff positions and deactivated its online LGBTQ+ support site.
• Ohio University is closing its Pride, Women’s and Multicultural centers, and the University of Toledo has suspended nine undergraduate majors under the new restrictions.
• The ACLU of Ohio argues the law violates First Amendment rights and risks chilling political discourse and campus advocacy.