Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
Proposals for senate action shall be classified as either routine, board, or
substantive, and treated accordingly.
(B) Routine proposals are those that relate
to senate business, such as approval of the minutes or acceptance of reports or
appointment of committee personnel, and include the call of a special meeting.
Such proposals may be introduced and acted upon in any meeting, subject only to
the test of germaneness.
(C) Board
proposals are those which establish or alter an academic program of study, or
rules or bylaws within the senate's purview, and which must be approved by the
board of trustees.
(D) Substantive
proposals are those which address matters of university policy or
university-wide concern, such as the approval of university policies or
centers, or of resolutions related to university business or activities.
Substantive proposals do not require approval by the board of
trustees.
(E) Board and substantive
proposals shall be:
(1) Submitted to the
university senate office in the complete and exact form intended for senate
debate and adoption, and shall be processed by the steering committee following
rule 3335-19-03 of the Administrative
Code, except that proposals for presentation at a special meeting need not be
submitted to the steering committee. If a board or substantive proposal is
referred to a committee by the steering committee or by the senate, and any
subsequent suggested changes are not acceptable to the originators of the
proposal, then the steering committee shall place the original proposal and the
suggested changes in the same agenda.
(2) Sent to all members and alternate members
of the senate as part of the agenda at least five calendar days prior to the
meeting.
(3) Moved and seconded by
members of the senate and then opened for floor debate. The proposal may then
be amended, referred to committee in whole or in part, tabled, postponed,
divided, and/or adopted or rejected.
(a)
Amendments offered in floor debate are classified as minor or substantive. A
substantive amendment alters the sense or strength of the original proposal.
Determination of the status of an amendment is made by ruling of the
presiding
officer or by vote of the senate. Classification may be made at the time
a motion to amend has been made and seconded or after the senate has voted
affirmatively in favor of the motion to amend. If a motion from the floor is
passed and is declared to be substantive, it cannot become effective until the
next meeting of the senate. At that time it must be reconsidered, unless the
committee which submitted the original proposal has requested a continuation
from the steering committee. In case of a continuation, the steering committee
shall, as soon as practicable, place the amendment on the agenda for
reconsideration. The party that submitted the original proposal shall be
afforded the opportunity to present arguments against the amendment or to move
substitute language for the amendment at the time of reconsideration. If
substitute language is approved by the senate, the amendment as modified will
become effective at that time. If substitute language is defeated or is not
presented, the senate shall vote on reaffirmation of the amendment in the form
originally passed except for possible changes of a purely editorial nature. The
amendment may be reaffirmed and become effective at that time or it may be
defeated. (This section may be set aside by a successful motion to suspend the
bylaws of the senate as prescribed in paragraph (C) of rule
3335-19-13 of the Administrative
Code.)
(F)
Substitute statements or suggested amendments which are included in an original
proposal and distributed in an agenda shall each be acted upon as a substantive
proposal.
(G) Substitute statements
or suggested amendments proposed by any senate or university committee or by
any member of the senate, shall be received by the steering committee and shall
be scheduled in the same agenda as the original proposal.
(H) Prior to a senate vote a proposal that
establishes or alters rules or bylaws within the senate's purview shall be
reviewed by the rules committee, which may recommend changes in accordance with
paragraph (C)(4) of rule
3335-5-47.3 of the
Administrative Code.
