A group of Youngstown State University faculty members are trying to stop a massive Ohio higher education law by taking it to the voters.
Members of the Youngstown State University’s chapter of the Ohio Education Association are collecting signatures in the hopes of trying to get a referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) into law March 28; the law bans diversity efforts, regulates classroom discussion, prohibits faculty strikes, set rules around classroom discussion, creates post-tenure reviews, put diversity scholarships at risk and creates a retrenchment provision that block unions from negotiating on tenure, among other things. The new law, which affects Ohio’s public universities and community colleges, is set to take effect at the end of June. In the meantime, a referendum petition can be filed and the legislation would be paused.
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