1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

SB 1 and its companion HB 6, known as the "Higher Education Destruction Act," pose a grave threat to Ohio's public colleges and universities. This legislation represents an unprecedented level of political interference that undermines academic freedom and impedes intellectual diversity on campuses. It dictates how certain topics must be discussed. The onerous mandates will divert resources away from student learning towards bureaucratic overreach. This will make Ohio's institutions less competitive, exacerbating the state's "brain drain" as top students and faculty look elsewhere. Rather than advancing higher education, SB 1 is a politically-motivated attack rooted in divisive culture wars. I urge you to reject SB 1 and HB 6 to protect Ohio's public colleges and universities from this damaging overreach. Our institutions of higher learning must remain bastions of free inquiry, unburdened by partisan agendas that ultimately undermine their core mission of education and discovery. Stand up for academic freedom and intellectual diversity by opposing this misguided legislation.