ASUW met this Tuesday, gaveling in at 7:03 p.m.
Under old business, ASUW discussed Senate Bills 2573 and 2576 as well as Senate Resolution 2577.
SB 2573, which would discontinue the Constitution Committee as a standing committee of ASUW, continues to be tabled in Steering Committee.
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Senator Jacob Kennedy is the author of SB 2573. He said he is amiable towards the tabled status of his bill.
“I am content with that status,” Kennedy said. “By being tabled, many of the senators on the Steering Committee have gone out and encouraged other senators to evaluate their work and their committees’ efficiency.”
SB 2576 involves the revision of the mission statement of Student Legal Services. According to the legislation, the bill would redact the following excerpt from the SLS Mission Statement:
“It is the mission of Student Legal Services to provide legal services to the University of Wyoming student community, said legal service to include such services as are defined and limited by the ASUW Program Description document., said services to be offered in support of the mission of the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming as set forth in the Preamble to the Constitution of the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming.”
The bill received a do-pass recommendation from Program and Institution Development committee. Vice President Welsh asked if there was a motion for unanimous consent. A motion was so-moved and seconded and the legislation was passed via unanimous consent.
SR 2577, titled “ASUW Recommendation on Revised Programmatic Fee Implementation,” involves ASUW support of the implementation of undergraduate programmatic fees.
According to the legislation, the proposed $6 common advising fee would “cover significant resources necessary to support full implementation of a professional advising program/model and improvements in career development, placement, and success service efforts of campus that will benefit students.”
The legislation says that the fee implementation of programmatic fees is imperative to maintaining the current level of education that is provided at UW.
According to the legislation, “the ASUW Student Government believes, despite the increased financial strain upon many students, programmatic fees are necessary for UW to continue to maintain the level quality of education that is currently provided.”
SR 2577 was steered to Student Outreach and Development committee and was tabled in that committee.
There was no New Business on the agenda.
ASUW gaveled out at 9:30 p.m.
