Ohio state Board of Education president is resigning after refusing to vote against an anti-racism r [View all]
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The president of the Ohio Board of Education announced she will resign after the state Senate made clear they would not confirm her reappointment following her refusal to vote against repealing an anti-racism resolution.
Laura Kohler, a Republican who is serving her fifth year on the state board, told the Columbus Dispatch that she planned to offer her resignation to Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday after the Republican leader's chief of staff asked her to step down following the controversy.
The political firestorm began last year, when Kohler helped create an anti-racism and equality resolution following the murder of George Floyd. The resolution, now known as Resolution 20, passed in 2020.
According to the Dispatch, the motion highlighted the ways in which Ohio's children of color under perform compared to white students. The resolution also urged the state Department of Education, as well as local school districts, to interrogate implicit biases, teaching materials, and disciplinary practices.
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