Debate about enforcement mechanisms behind Ohio’s controversial higher education overhaul came to a head this week in an explosive House committee hearing.
Today in Ohio podcast hosts said the hearing shows just how far some Ohio lawmakers are willing to go to police what happens inside college classrooms.
The flashpoint was a new bill that would allow the state to withhold $75 million from public colleges and universities found to be out of compliance with Ohio’s 2025 higher education bill. The anti DEI bill is far reaching, and Today in Ohio hosts have long said the intent was to convert Ohio campuses into teachers of right wing ideology…