Lowry Bill

It was named after its main sponsor, John Hamilton Lowry, a representative from northwest Ohio's Henry County.

It was approved and signed into law by Ohio Governor Judson Harmon on May 19, 1910.

On November 25, 1910, the Commission announced that the villages of Kent in the northeast and Bowling Green in the northwest had been selected as the sites of the new schools.

[2] All three schools were located in the southern half of the state while the majority of the growth, population, and need for teachers were in northern Ohio.

The Lowry bill was the first successful action to establish teacher training schools in northern Ohio after several failed attempts.