The DIVISION of ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
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Charge of the Fee Advisory Committee
| Name of Committee: |
Fee Advisory Committee |
| Established: |
Per Executive Order 661, August 23, 1996
Operating under Executive Order 740 adopted April 13, 2000 |
| Reports To: |
President |
| Membership: |
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (Chair); Chair of the Academic Senate or designee; Chair of Senate Student Affairs committee or designee; President of the Associated Students or designee; four students recommended by the Associated Students Board; and one Staff Representative. Students must constitute a voting majority on the committee. |
| Term and Appointment: |
By position, or those recommended to be appointed on a yearly basis. |
| Meeting Schedule: |
Two meetings a month. |
| Charge to Committee: |
1. Offer recommendations on the allocation of student fee dollars.
- Provide advice regarding proposed fee actions for mandatory, user or penalty fees.
- Prior to increasing campus mandatory fees or requesting the establishment of a new campus mandatory fee, an advisory student referendum shall be conducted. Alternative consultation mechanisms are permitted if they can be demonstrated to be more effective in achieving appropriate and meaningful consultation. However, alternative consultation mechanisms are not permitted in the following three instances:
- before initially establishing a student body association fee, a student body organization is required to be approved by two-thirds favorable vote of the students;
- before increasing a student body association fee, a fee referendum approving the increase is required; and,
- before initially establishing a student body center fee, a fee referendum approving the fee by two-thirds favorable vote is required.
- Review existing fees to determine if fees can be eliminated or consolidated.
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