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RESOLVED, That the Board Guidelines for Eligibility for Service as Senators and Officers of the University Student Senate of the City University of New York adopted by the Board of Trustees on March 24, 1986, Cal. No. 7.A. and amended on November 22, 1983, Cal. No. 7.B., be amended as follows:
GUIDELINES FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE AS MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF STUDENT GOVERNMENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT SENATE
Preamble:
In accordance with its policy making authority and responsibilities, the University Trustees have determined that satisfactory academic achievement and progress as a degree-seeking student at a college of the University is an essential prerequisite to holding and adequately fulfilling the responsibilities of student office.
It is the responsibility of the University, and its Trustees as fiduciaries, to insure that the educational and extracurricular programs of the University are operated in the best interests of students and all other affected constituencies of the University. The academic standards hereby adopted are considered essential for the personal well-being and academic progress of students who seek to take on the additional responsibility of student leadership, as well as for the students and other members of the University community.
ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT SENATE:
The following guidelines apply to each semester a student is running for and/or holding office, whether by election, appointment, or ex-officio status, in student governments and the University Student Senate. The positions subject to these guidelines are the members (senators, representatives, delegates, etc.) and officers of student governments and the chair, vice-chairs, the delegates, the alternates, and any other officers established by the University Student Senate. In these guidelines, credit hours refer to actual credit hours, and not equivalent or contact hours.
1. Students must be enrolled in a degree or credit-bearing certificate program at the [University] college in which they serve on the student government.
a. Full-time undergraduate students must carry a minimum of 12 credit hours.
b. Part-time undergraduate students must carry a minimum of 6 credit hours except if the student has already accumulated 45 [24] credit hours, in which case the student shall be allowed to carry a minimum of 3 credit hours.
c. Graduate students must carry a minimum of 3 credit hours [and/or be certified part-time].
d. In order to serve each semester, a student must have completed and earned passing grades in at least 50% of the credits for which they registered the prior semester, but in no event less than 3 credits.
e. Full-time doctoral students at Levels II or III shall be making satisfactory progress and shall not be subject to subdivisions c and d hereof.
2. Undergraduate and professional school students must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 and be in good standing to participate in student government and the University Student Senate. Chief executive offices and the Chairperson of the University Student Senate must have a minimum GPA of 2.5. Colleges may continue to administer or adopt higher standards for service in their campus student governments.
3. Graduate students must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
4. Undergraduate students may not serve in student government for more than a total of five years, to include no more than three years at community colleges. Students may be permitted to serve in the same office in a student government or the University Student Senate for a maximum of two years, except that co-chairs of the Doctoral Students Council shall be limited to a maximum of three years.
5. In order to participate in campus student governments, students must be certified as being in compliance with these Guidelines by the college's chief student affairs officer, to the college president.
6. In order to participate in the University Student Senate, students must be certified as being in compliance with these Guidelines by the college president, or his/her designee, to the Vice Chancellor for Student [Affairs] Developments and Enrollment Management.
And it be further
RESOLVED, That these amendments shall be effective January 1, 2002, except that students then holding office may continue to serve until the end of the term of office. Furthermore, graduate students currently holding office shall be subject to any term limits established at the local campus; and it be further
RESOLVED, That this policy be reviewed by the Council of Presidents one year after implementation.
NOTE: Matter underlined is new; matter in brackets is deleted.
EXPLANATION: These eligibility guidelines establish University-wide standards for participation in campus student government which parallel requirements previously established by the Board for the University Student Senate. This policy also establishes term limits of two years for most student government officer positions and a requirement of satisfactory progress each semester a student is running for or holding office.
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