Senate Bill 1 /news/tags/senate-bill-1 Senate Bill 1 en-US Copyright Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:25:04 GMT Cleveland State closes Women's, LGBTQ+ centers, multicultural office due to Senate Bill 1 /education/2025-09-26/cleveland-state-closes-womens-lgbtq-centers-multicultural-office-due-to-senate-bill-1 Cleveland State University joins Kent State University, Ohio State University and others in Ohio ending identity centers in response to Senate Bill 1's diversity, equity and inclusion ban. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:25:04 GMT /education/2025-09-26/cleveland-state-closes-womens-lgbtq-centers-multicultural-office-due-to-senate-bill-1 Conor Morris Dozens of programs to end at Kent State, Tri-C, other Northeast Ohio colleges under Senate Bill 1 /education/2025-09-25/dozens-of-programs-to-end-at-kent-state-tri-c-other-northeast-ohio-colleges-under-senate-bill-1 Ohio's new higher education bill, Senate Bill 1, requires universities to submit lists of programs granting five or less degrees annually, to be ended in a bid to make colleges more efficient. Kent State University and Cuyahoga Community College both submitted several dozen programs each. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:57:37 GMT /education/2025-09-25/dozens-of-programs-to-end-at-kent-state-tri-c-other-northeast-ohio-colleges-under-senate-bill-1 Conor Morris Kent State University to close LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women's centers to comply with state law /education/2025-06-02/kent-state-university-to-close-lgbtq-multicultural-and-womens-centers-to-comply-with-state-law The move to close the centers to comply with Senate Bill 1 comes after other major universities in Ohio have closed their diversity, equity and inclusion offices and ended their multicultural, women's and LGBTQ+ centers. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:40:25 GMT /education/2025-06-02/kent-state-university-to-close-lgbtq-multicultural-and-womens-centers-to-comply-with-state-law Conor Morris State Sen. Jerry Cirino defends higher education law in Cleveland talk /education/2025-04-17/ohio-state-senator-jerry-cirino-defends-higher-education-bill-in-cleveland-talk Protesters gathered outside as state Sen. Jerry Cirino defended the higher education bill as a needed course correction to "monolithic liberal agenda" at universities in Ohio. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:08:45 GMT /education/2025-04-17/ohio-state-senator-jerry-cirino-defends-higher-education-bill-in-cleveland-talk Conor Morris, Abbey Marshall Ohio Senate Republicans Take Aim at 'Burdensome' Regulations /news/government-politics/2019-02-20/ohio-senate-republicans-take-aim-at-burdensome-regulations Ohio Republicans have made it a top priority this legislative session to cut state regulatory restrictions.Senate Bill 1 calls for a 30 percent reduction… Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:24:23 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-02-20/ohio-senate-republicans-take-aim-at-burdensome-regulations Sarah Taylor