GOP Planned to Destroy Public Education in Ohio. We Defeated Them -- for Now.

[diva77]

https://truthout.org/articles/gop-planned-to-destroy-public-education-in-ohio-we-defeated-them-for-now

SB 83 is part of a larger right-wing goal seeking to muzzle any and all education about structural oppression.

By Pranav Jani , Truthout Published July 22, 2023

Ohioans invested in the integrity and well-being of public universities across the state breathed a sigh of relief in late June after Ohio Senate Bill 83 — Republicans’ big push to overhaul higher education across the state — failed in its bid to become law before the summer recess began.

A few of the bill’s lowlights — in its original and revised forms — include:

---banning and regulating how educators teach topics or use concepts that the GOP specifies as “controversial” or “ideological,” including climate change, structural racism, allyship, gender identity, diversity, foreign policy, abortion, immigration policy, marriage, and concepts like oppressor/oppressed;

---conducting surveillance (including “post-tenure review”) of faculty deemed to be “indoctrinating” students;
---banning strikes at universities and restricting faculty voices;
---banning mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) trainings and programs; and
---imposing some boycotts on universities (banning relations with Chinese institutions) while forbidding others (no “boycotts, divestment, sanctions” campaigns, clearly referring to the Palestine solidarity movement, BDS).

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worth reading entire article - more despicable details included as it continues; worst part is that rethugs are going to keep trying to get something like this passed

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. The radicalized Republican party is determined to make us into Putin's Russia.

[True Blue American]

6. Perfect Summation!

I can not not see what is so hard for some to understand.

Gestopo tactics by Republicans again!

[True Blue American]

2. We took 1.3 million signatures to the Statehouse to get that on the ballot.

Firemen and Policemen were raging because it killed their Union. Too. Kasich lied then too. Making it sound as if it was only Teacher's. Kasich said,” The people have spoken!” But then went to to steal money from Education to fund his friends private schools where they had a scandal a week, stealing, closing,etc.
Now LaRose it trying to make it impossible to get enough signatures. Raising it to 66% instead of the 33% it is now to getanything on the ballot.

Vote No on August 8th!

[diva77]

3. I'm confused by your post. What did you get on the ballot?

[True Blue American]

5. Kasich tried to kill

What he called ,The Teachers Union,.” When in fact it was all Public Unions in Ohio. That inccluded Police and Firemen Unions We collected signatures, took them to the StateHouse and put it on the ballot where voters overwhelmingly voted the measure down.

Now LaRose is tryning to raise the amount of needed to getanything on the ballot from 33% to 66%. Completely changing Ohio law that has always been in place. That would make it impossible for citizens to get anything on the ballot when they disagree with a decision made by Government.

Republicans would rule forever, even though they are in the minority.
Excessive gerrymandering helped the House vote. They want total control!

It is simple, free elections or Republican rules, no matter if they are in the minority. I am not sure why no one can understand that.

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4. Well if all that was banned the only subjects left would be...

shop and gym for the boys and cooking and sewing for the girls and separate but "equal" for the colors. Good 'ol GOP politics would've been alive and well in the 21st century.