A bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Ohio’s public colleges and universities has cleared the GOP-led Ohio Senate for the second time since 2023

The Ohio Senate passed a sweeping higher education bill Wednesday afternoon that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, faculty strikes, and require professors to post syllabi online, among dozens of other requirements.

Republicans in the Ohio Senate approved a sweeping higher education overhaul − hours after hundreds of students and faculty expressed their vehement opposition to its many changes.