Ohio college and university instructors could be barred from teaching climate science without also including false or misleading counterpoints under a sprawling higher education bill that received its first hearing last week., or the Higher Education Enhancement Act, seeks to police classroom speech on a wide range of topics, including climate change, abortion, immigration, and diversity, equity and inclusion — all of which would be labeled “controversial.
The bill also includes provisions for annual reviews and reports, requirements for “intellectual diversity” in recruiting invited speakers, disciplinary sanctions for interfering with that diversity, a prohibition against faculty strikes, and more.Sen. Jerry Cirino, a Republican from Kirtland and SB 83’s primary sponsor, said it was his idea to include climate change as a “controversial” belief or policy, and that he “didn’t actually consult with climate people.
Advocates fear the legislation, if passed, would further stunt the state’s progress on clean energy by marginalizing important discussions about climate change and equity.
By the way any “belief or policy” that can be “controversial matter” includes slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the holocaust. Under this bill a school couldn’t “endorse” an anti-slavery position, the CRA, or even a “specified idiology” that genocidal fascism is bad. ADL
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Good. Students will finally get to hear real science instead of only the radical climate alarmists view point.
Ohio is the Florida of the north and my opinion cannot be changed on this matter
Ohio is the new Alabama
Crazy
The dumbing down of Ohio continues. smdh
Both sides? This state is an absolute embarrassment
This state blows.
JFC…what a stupid time to be alive 🤦♂️
Can’t wait for “both sides” science classes.