In a succinct Student Senate meeting Tuesday, senators unanimously approved funding for two groups, enacted the Senator Accountability Act and presented a new system for budget requests.
Sen. Joseph Michaels and Sen. Joselin Padron-Rasines, who presented the new system, said the changes will make creating and managing budget requests easier for organizations.
“The system hasn’t been updated in years. It was just something that wasn’t cutting it anymore,” Michaels said.
Padron-Rasines said it will add percentages and dollar amounts automatically.
It’s updated live so the budget committee can comment on it and ensure organizations are following codes.
Additionally, funding for the Iranian Student Association and Ph.D. Moms was unanimously passed, allocating about $2,000 and $1,200 to the organizations, respectively.
The Senator Accountability Act, which passed through its second reading and now awaits a signature from the Senate President, was enacted.
Senate President Pro Tempore Elliot Grasso said the act adjusts constituency periods to sync up with academic semesters.
“It’s going to be able to hold senators a lot more accountable and able to reach out to their constituents,” Grasso said.
[A version of this story ran on page 5 on 2/5/2014 under the headline "Senate approves club budget system"]
