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Understanding student senate funding
Student Senate allocates over $800,000 to student organizations and other initiatives each year, it's important to understand how the Student Senate appropriates student activities fees. Starting in the fall of 2005, the Senate adopted new policies and procedures to make the funding process easier to understand and to encourage efficient use of student dollars.
Treasurer MOM Presentation
Finance Committee Presentation
For transportation costs, see funding guidelines map
THE CHARTERED ORGANIZATIONS FUND (COF)
Who is eligible?
Only fully chartered student organizations (does not include
probationary and temporary groups)
What can be funded?
*Capital items not funded in annual
budgets
*New programs not requested in budgets
*New and unforeseen costs associated with programs
*Programs for which funding was denied in annual budgets for
any other reasons than standards.
Click here for a copy of the Finance
Committee Standards
Other important information:
*This fund follows finance standards
(click here for a copy of the standards)
*Chartered groups must go through this fund first
THE SENATE FUND
Who is eligible?
Any campus group or organizations,
including graduate organizations and organizations with a probationary or
temporary charter.
What can be funded?
*Anything may be requested, but please
note that Student Senate does not fund for debt. (What is this?)
Other important information:
*This fund follows finance standards
(click here for a copy of the standards)
*Requires a Senator to sponsor request
SUMMER SENATE
Approximately $25,000 is allocated to
any campus group or organization during four summer meetings.
ANNUAL BUDGETS
Only fully-chartered organizations (no
probationary or temporary) organizations are eligible to request an annual
budget each spring through the Student Senate Finance Committee.
Click here to find out more information
about the Annual Budget process.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
All requests must be submitted by 5:00 PM on
Friday to be heard in the Finance Meeting the following week (excluding
holidays and breaks). Please
keep in mind that funding is a two week process and you must plan accordingly.
Student Senate Funding
Request Form
Want to know when annual budgets are due? What to know when
your request will be approved by Senate?
Click here to find the answer!
