Amendments to the Faculty Senate Bylaws
- The foregoing Faculty Senate bylaws may be altered, amended,
or repealed, in whole or in part, in accordance with the following procedures.
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- The Method of Proposing Amendments to the Senate Bylaws
- Senate Voting Requirement. A two-thirds affirmative vote of
all Senators voting 'yea' or 'nay' in a roll-call vote shall be
necessary to propose a bylaw amendment to the faculty from whom
the Senators are elected.
- Faculty Notice. At least two successive
weeks notice must be given in writing to each Senator, and the announcement
of a proposed amendment change and its text must appear on at least
two successive Senate agendae circulated to the faculty immediately
prior to the beginning of any Senate debate on a proposed amendment.
During the Senate floor debate on an amendment proposal, the usual procedures in Robert's Rules of Order (Revised or Newly Revised) for proposing amendments to any main motion shall apply, thus making advanced notice unrequired.
- The Methods of Ratification of Proposed Senate Bylaw Amendments
Ratification of proposed amendments to the Faculty Senate bylaws shall
require the participation of a minimum of 25 percent of the faculty,
from whom the Senators are elected, and shall occur by one of the
two following methods. The Faculty Senate shall designate which method
of ratification shall be used.
- A two-thirds majority of the Teaching
Faculty, from whom the Senators are elected, voting 'yea' or 'nay'
at a faculty meeting authorized by a call from either the President
or the Senate Agenda Committee shall be necessary to ratify a proposed
amendment. The list of faculty entitled to vote shall be compiled
by the Senate Agenda Committee in conjunction with the University's
chief academic officer. At least one week's written advance notice
of the meeting must be given to the faculty, including the text
of the proposed amendment(s). Debate must be confined to the merits
of the Senate-proposed bylaw amendment(s), and cannot include changes
from the floor as they will not derive from the procedures set forth
in 5.a.1) above.
- A two-thirds majority of the
Teaching Faculty, from whom the Senators are elected, voting 'yea'
or 'nay' by returned secret ballot, shall be necessary to ratify
a Senate-proposed bylaw amendment. The list of faculty entitled
to vote shall be compiled by the Senate Agenda Committee in conjunction
with the University's chief academic officer. Thereafter a ballot
prepared by the Agenda Committee, detailing the proposed bylaw amendment(s)
and the changes it (they) would effectuate, shall be sent to the
listed faculty. The deadline for the return of ballots may not be
shorter than ten University working days and must be printed on
the face of the ballot itself.
The Faculty Senate Agenda Committee shall be responsible for the integrity
of the balloting procedures; shall count the ballots; and shall certify
the outcome of the balloting to the Faculty Senate, the President and
the Board of Trustees.
- Operativeness of Amendments
Amendments to the Senate bylaws shall automatically go into effect
unless they have been disapproved by the Board of Trustees within
90 days after written notice of faculty ratification has been sent
to the President by the Senate Agenda Committee.
- The foregoing organizational arrangements may
be altered, amended, or repealed by the Board of Trustees at any of
its regular meetings.
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