Fall 2013
Committee:
Executive Committee
Whereas, Education Code §76060.5 states the following: “A student may, for religious, political, financial, or moral reasons, refuse to pay the student representation fee established under this section.”;
Whereas, a hidden exemption was found in the Los Rios Community College District for Board of Governors Fee Waiver eligible students where they were neither required nor able to pay the Student
Representation Fee due to a mistake in 2002 establishing the Board of Governors Fee Waiver as an automatic exemption due to financial reasons to opt out;
Whereas, every rightful dollar lost is rightful representation lost to our constituents;
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges requests a legal opinion from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office pertaining to the legal right for districts within California to authorize an exemption without the vote of the student body; and
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges investigates which colleges have a hidden exemption for Board of Governors Fee Waiver eligible students where they are neither required nor able to pay the Student Representation Fee due to an automatic financial exemption.
Whereas, a hidden exemption was found in the Los Rios Community College District for Board of Governors Fee Waiver eligible students where they were neither required nor able to pay the Student
Representation Fee due to a mistake in 2002 establishing the Board of Governors Fee Waiver as an automatic exemption due to financial reasons to opt out;
Whereas, every rightful dollar lost is rightful representation lost to our constituents;
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges requests a legal opinion from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office pertaining to the legal right for districts within California to authorize an exemption without the vote of the student body; and
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges investigates which colleges have a hidden exemption for Board of Governors Fee Waiver eligible students where they are neither required nor able to pay the Student Representation Fee due to an automatic financial exemption.