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Help Stop Ohio SB 1
Updated 5/20/25
Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) passed the Ohio legislature and has been signed into law. If we let this bill go into effect, it will devastate Ohio’s public colleges and universities.
This bill will heavily restrict the teaching of “controversial” subjects, ban most diversity policies and programs, place entire departments, majors, and courses at risk, gut workers’ rights, ban tenure...and more.
SB 1 will cost us students, professors, tuition dollars, and countless jobs.
- Read a breakdown of SB 1 here
- Official SB 1 bill analysis here
- Full SB 1 bill text here
- Short messages for SB 1 protest signs / social media graphics
- Draft SB 1 scripts
- Learn why we call SB 1 the Higher Education Destruction Act
HOW TO HELP STOP SB 1:
1.) Join the SB 1 Referendum effort
- Where to sign the referendum petition — https://ohsb1petition.softr.app/
- This is a grassroots effort. Donations will be CRUCIAL. Donate here.
- Sign up to volunteer here
- Learn about the referendum process here
- Youngstown State University faculty are leading this fight! You can contact them directly:
- Email: ohsb1petition@gmail.com
- (330) 406-9490
- Website: https://OHSB1petition.com
2.) Share this form
- We need people who have been (or are about to be) directly harmed by SB 1 so we can file lawsuits.
- NO ONE'S story will be shared without their consent.
3.) Spread the word. Keep educating your friends and family about how bad SB 1 will be for Ohio:
- Share these articles on social media, in group chats, via email, anywhere you can:
- Students say they will leave Ohio if lawmakers go forward with massive higher ed overhaul
- Lantern — “Nobody wants this bill”
- Ohio SB 1 clears Senate, students worry
- Ohio college students criticize the state’s proposed higher education bill
- OSU student government passes emergency resolution opposing SB 1
- Ohio students and faculty slam higher ed overhaul bill
- 800+ people submit testimony against Ohio’s massive higher education overhaul bill
- Opposition mounts to Ohio GOP’s anti-DEI college reform bill
- 200+ angry opponents turn out for marathon hearing on Ohio higher ed anti-DEI bill
- Share these articles about SB 1 protests at UC — then plan your own campus protest against SB 1!
- Cincinnati students rally against SB 1, urge Board of Trustees to protect DEI policies
- UC students protest bill threatening campus diversity and inclusion efforts
- PHOTOS | Students protest during Board of Trustees meeting
- UC students, faculty protest university's rollback of DEI initiatives
- Film a short video opposing SB 1 and post it on TikTok, Instagram, and more. Some examples:
- https://www.tiktok.com/@rachelcoyleohio/video/7468469338874449195
- https://www.tiktok.com/@ohioansagainstextremism/video/7470280060596063534
- https://www.tiktok.com/@kentksmith/video/7466441011225693486
- Quick, simple messages to use against Ohio SB 1