This Statement of Commitment by Sinclair Community College is made in compliance with Ohio Revised Code Section 3345.026, https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3345.0216, which was enacted as part of Senate Bill 1 of the 136th Ohio General Assembly, effective June 27, 2025.
Sinclair Community College declares:
That it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
That its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
Its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
That it is committed to creating a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
That its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.