Student Assembly

1. Each byline funded organization is required to present to the Appropriations Committee at least once during each non-byline funding year (ie. academic years ending in odd numbers such as 2012–13, 2014–15, etc).

2. The Vice President of Finance shall write a report summarizing the Appropriation Committee’s recommendations to each group, which must include a vote of each voting member of the Appropriations Committee on whether they would recommend to increase, decrease, or maintain the byline funded organization’s current allocation from the Student Activity Fee along with the overall sentiment of the committee (as determined by the option which receives the largest number of votes). Each group must receive their report within a one-week period following their hearing. Additionally, these reports must be made available to the entirety of the membership of the Appropriations Committee during the following academic year, although the members of the Committee during the funding year are not obligated to follow the recommendation.

3. The Appropriations Committee will appoint two voting members of the Appropriations Committee as co-chairs of a Follow-up Task Force that is responsible for meeting with any byline funded organization that the committee recommended a decrease in funding for during the non-byline funding year for the following funding cycle to go over the recommendations of the Appropriations Committee, as stipulated in the report released by the Vice President of Finance, within six weeks of the Vice President of Finance releasing the report to the aforementioned byline funded organization.. The size of the Task Force is up to the discretion of the co-chairs, but should not exceed five persons, including the co-chairs. The Appropriations Committee can require the Task Force to follow up with any additional organizations by a majority vote, regardless of their funding recommendation for the following byline funding cycle. The Task Force will be required to submit a report detailing its follow up with any organization to the Appropriations Committee by the end of the academic school year, which should include details of a organization’s efforts to comply with the recommendations of the Appropriations Committee, the feasibility and/or practicality of any recommendations of the Appropriations Committee based on the sentiments of the organization, and any other operational, constitutional, or structural changes the group has undergone since meeting with the Committee.