Spring 2024
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill (A.B.) 1504(b)(1) of the 2019-2020[1] legislature states that “One dollar ($1) of every two-dollar ($2) fee collected shall be expended to establish and support the operations of a statewide community college student organization, recognized by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, with effective student representation and participation in state-level community college shared governance and with governmental affairs representatives to advocate before the Legislature and other state and local governmental entities”;
WHEREAS, Students' $1 collected by the Student Senate for Community Colleges are used to fund events such as fundraisers;
WHEREAS, Region IV held a Halloween fundraiser in King City with an approved budget of $1,650 [2] with less than a month of complete planning that resulted in exactly $0 being fundraised; and WHEREAS, Region IV has approved a budget of $2,200 [3] on January 30th for a Valentine's Day themed event with the date, time, venue, and specifics of the financials to be decided by Region IV’s Treasurer and Finance Committee without oversight or accountability, nor final approval from the Delegates Assembly; now, therefore be
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges change its policy to reflect that all SSCCC Region events or fundraisers are required to have a detailed expenses proposal, venue-specific, to be approved by the Region Delegates Assembly a month prior to the event or fundraiser;
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges change its policies to reflect that all expenses to be incurred by the Regional Finance Committees must be approved by the Delegates Assembly; and
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges change its policy to reflect that the Treasurer, or in the absence of the Treasurer, the Regional Affairs Director, shall submit a report to the Delegate Assembly 30 days after the event or fundraiser that details the financial impact.
WHEREAS, Students' $1 collected by the Student Senate for Community Colleges are used to fund events such as fundraisers;
WHEREAS, Region IV held a Halloween fundraiser in King City with an approved budget of $1,650 [2] with less than a month of complete planning that resulted in exactly $0 being fundraised; and WHEREAS, Region IV has approved a budget of $2,200 [3] on January 30th for a Valentine's Day themed event with the date, time, venue, and specifics of the financials to be decided by Region IV’s Treasurer and Finance Committee without oversight or accountability, nor final approval from the Delegates Assembly; now, therefore be
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges change its policy to reflect that all SSCCC Region events or fundraisers are required to have a detailed expenses proposal, venue-specific, to be approved by the Region Delegates Assembly a month prior to the event or fundraiser;
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges change its policies to reflect that all expenses to be incurred by the Regional Finance Committees must be approved by the Delegates Assembly; and
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges change its policy to reflect that the Treasurer, or in the absence of the Treasurer, the Regional Affairs Director, shall submit a report to the Delegate Assembly 30 days after the event or fundraiser that details the financial impact.