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Fall 2015
Committee:
Executive Committee
Whereas, The California Community College Board of Governors in its Standing Order 333 established a Student Senate that stipulated the following:

(a) Pursuant to established Board policy on the participation of students in governance, and in order that the students of the California Community Colleges may have a formal and effective procedure for participating in the formation of system wide policy adopted by the Board of Governors, a Student Senate has been established through ratification by local student body governments.
(b) The Board of Governors recognizes the Student Senate as the representative of community college students in the Consultation Process and before the Board of Governors and Chancellor’s Office: and,

Whereas, according to the Constitution & Bylaws of the Student Senate for the California Community Colleges (hereinafter referred to as SSCCC) those said local student body governments through their regional processes elect three students to represent the interests of the colleges encompassing said regions on the SSCCC Council, and bring back Board of Governors, California Community College Chancellor’s Office, and California Community College system wide information for the local student body governments, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses to digest and provide feedback: and,

Whereas, it is impossible for the SSCCC’s local student body governments, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses to participate in the representative processes of governance and decision making without timely knowledge of what business the SSCCC is undertaking on a monthly basis during the SSCCC’s monthly conduct of business:

Resolved, that The Student Senate for the California Community Colleges will produce and disseminate its monthly SSCCC Council Agenda by the third Wednesday of each month, whereby it will be possible for each local student body government, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses represented by the SSCCC to engage matters on said SSCCC Agenda during their regularly (or Special) meetings in order to direct their elected regional SSCCC Senators on matters appearing on an SSCCC Agenda.