R 50, Student Center Operations Fee Act

Student Center Operations Fee Act

R 50, 85th Session

Version Info:

10-17-2005, as initially introduced: HTML

10-10-2005, committee version: HTML

10-12-2005, committee version: HTML

10-14-2005, as amended by Senate: HTML

10-17-2005, as amended by Senate: HTML

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Basic Information:

Primary Sponsor(s):

Lam

Secondary Sponsor(s):

Cariaga, E. Evans, Maria Evans, Hughes, M. Lloyd, and R. Smith

Current Status:

Enrolled

Report(s):

TF-08

Long Title:

AN ACT REGARDING THE STUDENT CENTER OPERATIONS FEE INCREASE

Consideration History:

9-18-2005:

Filed for introduction

9-21-2005 Senate:

First Reading
Referred to the Tuition and Fees Committee by the Student Senate President

10-10-2005 Committee:

Tuition and Fees Committee Consideration
The Tuition and Fees Committee reported the bill to Senate by consent, TF-08

10-12-2005 Senate:

Second Reading
Adopted by consent

Online Text

(as of 10-17-2005, as amended by Senate)

RESOLUTION 50

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

An act regarding the student center operations fee increase

Short Title: Student Center Operations Fee Act (Public)

Sponsored by: Senator LAM

First Reading: Month Day, Year Version Date: September 18, 2005

Referred to: __________________________________________________________.

WHEREAS, Article IX, Section 9 of the N.C. Constitution states, “the General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of the University of North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education, as far as practicable, be extended to the people of the State free of expense; and,

WHEREAS, the UNC Board of Governors has extended “free as far as practicable” to all charges exacted by the state's 16 public universities, including student fees; and;

WHEREAS, the Student Center is requesting $39.45 increase per FTE to fund a myriad of different programs and services; and,

WHEREAS, $12.45 of the increase is earmarked for state-mandated increases in employee salaries, yet other fee requesting groups are proposing only a 2% state mandated increase; and,

WHEREAS, a 2% increase of the personnel expenditures for the Student Centers Operations is $2.555; and,

WHEREAS, $5 of the increase is earmarked for various increases in general student center operations which would either remove student jobs or decrease efficiency within the entity as well as fund additional housekeeping based on a formula instead of an actual need; and,

WHEREAS, the remaining $22 in requests, directed towards ARTS NC STATE, contains unnecessary additions to current services; and,

WHEREAS, these changes stand to remove student jobs in some instances or provide limited benefit to a few students without benefiting the majority of the student body; and,

WHEREAS, some portions of the ARTS NC STATE request will realize true benefits to the student body; now, therefore be it;

RESOLVED, that the North Carolina State University Student Senate supports a $2.55 fee increase to support expected state mandated salary increases and a $1.70 fee increase to support the Center for Student Leadership Ethics and Public Service; and,

RESOLVED, that the North Carolina State University Student Senate supports a $7.45 fee increase to specifically support entities of ARTS NC STATE to give a total fee increase of $11.70 contingent on use of this increase for these purposes.

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