SR 24-03 - Resolution To Approve the 2025 Proposed Revisions to the Constitution of the Academic Senate

Approve Date: April 15, 2025
Senate Resolution File:
SR 24-03 Resolution To Approve the 2025 Proposed Revisions to the Constitution of the Academic Senate

Drafted By: Appointments, Elections, and Bylaws Committee
Purpose: To approve the 2025 proposed revisions to the Constitution of the Channel Islands Academic Senate

Senate Resolution
WHEREAS the current process for approving changes to the Bylaws of the Academic Senate requires the approval of the Academic Senate, yet that for approving changes to the Constitution of the Academic Senate does not; and

WHEREAS the revised documents will, if accepted, require Academic Senate approval for any future modifications to the Constitution as well as the Bylaws; and

WHEREAS the faculty at large must approve changes to each document before they can take effect; and

WHEREAS demonstrate support for such changes to the faculty at large; and

WHEREAS the integration of the Constitution and Bylaws is essential for efficient operations of the Academic Senate and of shared governance;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Academic Senate shall vote on these proposed changes to the Constitution; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the vote tally in favor of this Senate Resolution and the vote tally in favor of the changes to the Bylaws be communicated to the faculty at large as part of the information packet for final approval; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if either this Senate Resolution or the changes to the Bylaws should fail to be approved by the Academic Senate, neither the Constitution nor the Bylaws will be presented to the faculty at large for approval until such time as both elements shall be approved by the Academic Senate.