A.POLICY
Article I: Name and Purpose
The name shall be the Student Senate of the Zane State College. The purposes of the Student Senate shall be :
To provide a forum in which student representatives may bring suggestions, concerns, and questions from their constituents for discussion and recommendation by the Student Senate. The welfare of the College, its students, and community shall be of primary concern to the Student Senate.
To be the formal link between the student body at large and the College Administration, Faculty, and Staff via the Student Senate President on the President’s Cabinet.
To consider all student club applications for money-making activities brought to the Student Senate at its regular meetings. The Senate shall not itself engage in money- making activities.
B.POLICY GUIDELINES
Article II: Representation
All technical and other student clubs recognized by the College and their members shall be represented by the Student Senate and shall have access to it. Each technical division may have three voting members on the Student Senate. Each non-technical club may have one voting member. Divisions are encouraged to have at least a sophomore and a freshman among the three voting members.
Article III: Officers
The governing officers are as follows: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Officers shall be elected from the current Student Senate each spring quarter for the ensuing year. Officers shall be in good standing with the College when elected and shall remain in good standing while serving as officers.
Section 1. Duties
President - The President shall preside over all regular and special Student Senate meetings and shall vote only in case of a tie vote. The President shall represent the Student Senate as a voting member of the College President’s Cabinet.
Vice-President - The Vice-President shall serve in the absence of the President.
Secretary - The Secretary shall record minutes of all Student Senate meetings, provide all senators with regular minutes, and shall give them to the next secretary at term’s end.
Treasurer - The Treasurer shall keep records of all Student Senate financial transactions and shall give the records to the next treasurer at term’s end.
Article IV: Removal of Members
The Student Senate may remove any member by a two-thirds (66%) vote of the total Student Senate membership after an official complaint has been lodged with the Student Senate and the facts have been reviewed by a representative panel of three student senators and all advisors. The advisors will select the panel members.
Article V: Amendments
Amendments to this constitution may be made by a two-thirds (66%) vote of the total Student Senate membership and with the approval of the College Administration and Board of Trustees as required by law.
Article VI: Student Senate Advisors
There shall be three advisors. Two shall be full-time faculty selected by the Vice President for Academic and Student Services. One shall be a staff member selected by the Administration. Advisors’ duties shall be to encourage active and procedurally correct participation within Student Senate. Advisors shall not vote and shall have no decision-making authority for the Student Senate other than that given by the Senate.
Article VII: Meetings
The Student Senate shall meet in regular session at least once each month during the regular school year. Notice of each meeting will be communicated either directly to senators or through their club advisors by the Student Senate Secretary.
Parliamentary procedure will be used to conduct official business of the senate. At least one advisor or other official employee of the College shall be in attendance at each regular meeting of the Student Senate for the business to be official.
Article VIII: Powers of the Student Senate
The Student Senate shall focus on the purposes as stated in Article I and shall conform to policies and procedures established by the College Board of Trustees and the Administration. Any concerns regarding the Senate’s activity will be referred first to
the Student Senate through its advisors then, if needed, to the College Administration for interpretation.
C.POLICY HISTORY
Policy reformatted June 2017
D.INITIATING DIVISION
Office of the President; Student Senate
E.POLICY REVIEWERS
Student Senate
F.POLICY REFERENCES
- No forms referenced
- No codified rules
- No connecting policies
