On Nov. 27, the University of Wyoming Faculty Senate will begin discussion on proposed changes to University of Wyoming Regulation 1-101, which specifies university regulations and presidential directives.
These changes come as a “part of the university regulations which haven’t been changed for a while, but which are under review currently by the Board of Trustees,” current Faculty Senate Executive Committee member, Kenneth Chestek, said.
The Board of Trustees mandated that university governing bodies review and improve on all University of Wyoming regulations. The board also mandated all bodies to organize the development of these regulations over the next year.
Members of the Faculty Senate and Associated Students of the University of Wyoming (ASUW) said this is widely considered a relatively standard occurrence.
“In general, it’s really what you expect of any regulation and policy procedure document,” Keatan Metcalf, ASUW Senator, said. “I know from talking with a few senators that this is more of a procedural event.”
Metcalf remained steadfast in confirming ASUW’s willingness to consider any document brought before them.
“With the new revisions to this document, any legislative body would not bat an eye with the proposed changes,” Metcalf said. “The changes will not be drastic in the slightest.”
While it is a relatively standard process, the review period by the Board of Trustees is still in preliminary stages. The proposed legislation has yet to be formally brought before the Faculty Senate.
“The plan is to consider proposed legislation for the regulation at the Nov. 27, Faculty Senate meeting,” Faculty Senate Chair Michael Barker said.
Until that date, the proposed changes are available to the general public.
“It has been publicly released for comment to the university from the General Counsel’s office and there have been discussions on list-servers,” Barker said.
Barker also stressed the importance of these regulations and the process needed to change them.
“Essentially there are two components of this process,” Baker said. “Including new expectations and the format required by the Board of Trustees and the possibility to make substantial changes in areas that need to be changed.”
