Approval of Previous Minutes —

Meeting minutes from March 30th. Motion to approve by Chris Wallace. Seconded by Alessia Garcia. Motion passed unanimously.

Student Senate Report

1. Passed four pieces of funding legislation, which brought the unallocated account down to almost zero (as is normal practice).
2. Voted to pass three resolutions:
   1. One supports the establishment of May 1-5, 2023, as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, and Trans Folk Awareness Week.
   2. One articulates Student Senate support for KU’s Jewish community and Jewish Studies program amidst the rise of antisemitism.
   3. One advocates for the Kansas legislature to amend a statute that would allow students to donate to the campus cupboard rather than paying parking fines.
3. Passed four constitutional amendments:
   1. Beginning next year, Student Senate will be establishing a shared closet space to allow for sharing of resources across student organizations.
   2. Brought the Student Senate constitution in closer compliance with University Senate CODE
   3. Established formal line of succession for Student Body President in the case of multiple vacancies
   4. Merged duties of Director of Justice with the Internal Affairs Director
4. Student Senate elections are next week
5. At the meeting with the Chancellor, representatives discussed the passage and proliferation of anti-LGBTQIA legislation at the state level and the need for students to feel support from KU in the face of this legislation. Also discussed the state of higher education funding in general. Also discussed Student Housing, specifically the experience of RA’s.

Staff Senate Report

1. Staff Senate had its transition meeting yesterday, at which we elected the President-Elect, several committee Chairs and Chair-Elects, and University Senate representatives. Committee final reports were shared.
2. Currently working on the composition and plan of the survey committee, whose progress will be shared soon.

Faculty Senate Report

1. Faculty Senate’s transition meeting is next week.
2. Nate and Ani met with the COACHE advisory board, which will be sharing its final recommendations at a forum on April 27th with the Provost and the Chancellor.
3. KBOR will meet next week, where they will discuss the rpk study and how they will respond.

University Senate Report

1. The University Senate organizational meeting is the same day as the COACHE final forum, so Ani is hoping that senators will attend the forum.
2. Shared Governance
   1. The charter of values is drafted and there will hopefully be a listening session to collect community feedback.
   2. Currently working on Phases 2-4. Roles and responsibilities could be hosted on the Governance website to improve transparency and agency. To promote other aspects of transparency at KU, we are encouraging the Provost and the Chancellor to create a regular State of the Campus and the University, respectively. Deans could create a State of the School.
      1. There was discussion of the importance of responsive collaboration with administration, not just transparency from them. We need to find and/or decide on a method of communication that meets our needs.

Unfinished Business —

University Senate Reorganization

1. The 7-day notice to campus was not sent to students because the message was not approved by Public Affairs.
2. Discussion
   1. There was concern that the policy change would create an adversarial relationship between the Faculty and University Senates. There was further discussion that the policy change would have the opposite effect and rather would improve the relationship between constituents by making representation more equitable.
   2. This representation shift might also expand the types of issues that the University Senate discusses and considers.
   3. Faculty Senate will need to figure out how they choose their University Senate representatives.
3. Motion to approve the University Senate Reorganization amendment. Motion by Chris Wallace. Seconded by Robert Waller.
   1. 40 in favor; 0 not in favor. Motion passes.

New Business —

Inactive Program Discontinuance

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences requested to discontinue the BA and BGS in Special Major program. The Academic Policies and Procedures committee voted unanimously to discontinue this inactive program.

Motion to approve the AP&P recommendation by Roberta Schwartz. Seconded by Geraldo Sousa.