Resolution 04-11: CAN'T RUSH PERFECTION
| Number | 04-11 |
| Description | SC voting on fee increases |
| Authored by |
Jenna DeHart |
| Sponsored by |
Justin Glasgow |
| Date Submitted | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| Committee | Student Affairs |
| Result | Implemented |
| Remarks | IMPLEMENTED |
| Whereas | Student Congress has direct control over several fees, such as the intercollegiate athletics fee, the recreational facility fee and others; and |
| Whereas | Student Congress can raise or lower these fees via a simple majority vote; and |
| Whereas | In the past, departments and other groups have come to Congress, presented extensive facts and figures justifying a change in a fee and then Congress has voted at the end of the department's presentation on the fee; and |
| Whereas | This does not give the senators enough time to review the presented information, and more importantly, to discuss the proposed fee increase with the student body; and |
| Whereas | Student Congress would be able to better represent the student body if the senators were given some time after the original presentation and request for a fee increase to solicit input. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | Any fee increase that requires only the approval of Student Congress be placed under new business at the meeting it is introduced and presented; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | No vote be taken to approve or reject the proposed fee increase until a following meeting, at which time the fee will be placed on the agenda under old business; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | During the intervening time between the presentation of the proposed fee and the vote on the fee, the senators distribute information about the fee and solicit input from the student body. |