Ohio Republicans are advancing legislation to expand authority for directors of state-created civics centers at public universities. Senate Bill 461 would give directors greater control over curriculum and, notably, internal faculty matters including hiring and tenure decisions, while also positioning the Ohio Civics Board as the sole authority over required civics courses. Faculty governance advocates say the proposal would intensify intrusion into shared-governance norms and could constrain how institutions build and staff instruction. The bill also requires universities to provide annual financial resources to civics centers as determined by directors.