Proposed
Constitutional Amendment regarding Staff Representation on the Academic Senate
The Executive Committee recommends the following change to
the Constitution of the Faculty of San
Francisco State University, Article IV, Section 1.F, “Membership of the
Academic Senate.” This change is
required because the San Francisco State University Staff Council no longer
exists and we need to provide a different mechanism for acquiring the required
staff representation. The Academic
Senate approved this change at its meeting of
Constitutional amendments are governed by the following provision of the Faculty Constitution:
“Article V, Section 2-Amendment. Amendments to this Constitution may be initiated in the same way that any other motions are initiated by the Academic Senate or may be initiated by members of the Faculty calling for a general meeting of the Faculty, as provided for elsewhere in the Constitution. Proposed amendments adopted by the Academic Senate following its usual rules for the adoption of motions, shall be presented in written form to the voting members of the Faculty, as elsewhere defined in this Constitution, and shall be adopted by a favorable majority vote by the members of the Faculty who vote, but shall not be amended if fewer favorable ballots are cast than the number comprising a quorum of the Faculty.”
Current text of Article IV, Section 1.F:
F.
One
staff member. The qualifications and
means of selection for such staff member shall be determined by the
Proposed amendment:
F. One staff member to be
selected by staff voting in a campus-wide election. When staff representation on a committee is
required by Senate policy, and after a campus-wide call for nominations, staff
may be appointed from the pool of nominees by the Executive Committee to serve
on such committees. The process stated
in this section F supersedes any process described in current Academic Senate
policies.