Ohio Faculty Council Resolution on Domestic Partner Benefits
Adopted February 11, 2000
WHEREAS the health of any system of higher education depends on its ability to attract and retain the most talented and dedicated faculty, and
WHEREAS an important factor in decisions to apply for and remain in faculty positions is the availability of benefits to dependent household members, and
WHEREAS members of the Ohio Faculty Council have been consistently informed by our constituents throughout the state that lack of benefits for unmarried domestic partners has often been an obstacle to recruiting and retaining the most distinguished and productive colleagues, and
WHEREAS the extension of health and related benefits to unmarried domestic partners is viewed by faculty at universities throughout Ohio as a matter of basic human rights,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Ohio Faculty Council calls upon the Ohio Board of Regents and the Inter-University Council to assist all universities in Ohio's state university system to join the hundreds of major companies, colleges, universities, and local and state governments that offer benefits to unmarried domestic partners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Ohio Faculty Council urges all state universities in the Ohio system to move expeditiously toward providing domestic partner benefits to their faculty.