Policies and Issues

In working to achieve the OLBC Foundation's goal to promote and advocate laws necessary to enhance the quality of life of OLBC constituents, OLBC members during the 128th General Assembly have been diligently working to introduce and advocate for legislation that will have a positive impact in the lives of many African Americans living in Ohio. In this section entitled Policies & Issues, you will find information on policies & issues ranging from education, health care, minority business enterprises, and job creation, that OLBC members are committed to supporting.

To find out more about current topics, follow the links below.

Education: K - 12

• Class Size and Interventions
• Closing the Achievement Gap
• Decrease the Achievement Gap
• Derolph History and Background
• Education Reform 7-17
• The State of Education of Black Children

Criminal Justice

• Dealth Penalty in Ohio
• Drug Policy Fact Sheet
• Drug Policy
• History of the Death Penalty in Ohio
• Reentry

Education: Higher Ed

• Central State University
• Speed to Scale
• Wilberforce University

Minority-Owned Business

• House Bill 584- Minority Set-Asides
• State of Ohio Predicate Study

Job Creation

• Affirmative Action
• Consent Decree

Health Care

• Community Health Centers
• Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities