An Ohio bill aims to further expand the authority of directors overseeing state-created civics centers at public universities, including control over curriculum direction and internal faculty matters. State Sen. Jerry Cirino introduced Senate Bill 461, which would increase directors’ influence and also place the Ohio Civics Board as the sole authority over American civics literacy courses required across Ohio public universities. Faculty governance groups are raising objections. The American Association of University Professors’ Ohio State chapter said the civics centers already intrude on shared governance and could circumvent existing university policies. The bill’s design—tying course content and faculty influence to civics center governance and board structures—signals a new escalation in state-level oversight of higher education teaching priorities.