Bowling Green State University has eliminated its Division of Inclusion and Belonging and made changes to other departments, President Rodney Rogers announced in an email sent to members of the university Thursday evening.

The email cited Senate Bill 1 (SB1), or the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act, taking effect June 27, and public universities not being permitted to offer programs based exclusively on individuals’ race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.

The university’s Inclusion and Belonging website lists a message that also states the Center for Women and Gender Equity and the Center for Student Connections and Opportunity have been discontinued.

Instead, staff from the Division of Inclusion and Belonging will be reassigned to roles within the Division of Community and Well-Being, the Office of the Provost, and the Division of Student Engagement and Success.

The former Chief Inclusion Officer of the division, Dr. Katie Stygles, has been assigned as Chief State and Federal Compliance Officer of the newly established Office of State and Federal Compliance and Non-Discrimination. Stygles will also serve as deputy chief community and well-being officer.

“Bowling Green will continue the programming that remains legal in Ohio through some of our earlier divisional strategic realignments,” President Rogers’ statement said in part.

Another potential effect of SB1 is that higher education institutions, including public universities and community colleges, are having a challenging time attracting candidates for positions, according to the Ohio Capital Journal.

The Ohio Capital Journal also reported that an Ohio State University professor stated that graduate students who were offered fellowships turned them down because of the new law.

BGSU’s decisions come as numerous universities across Ohio make changes, including the University of Toledo, Kent State, and Ohio University, among others.

Youngstown State University’s chapter of the Ohio Education Association attempted to put a referendum on the November ballot to stop SB1. Around 250,000 signatures from at least 44 of Ohio’s 88 counties were needed to put it on the Nov. 4 ballot, according to the Ohio Capital Journal.

However, the Associated Press reported the referendum failed to gain the nearly 250,000 signatures needed to be placed on the ballot.

Among the aforementioned effects, SB1 also prohibits faculty strikes.

The full bill can be read here.