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to such limitations as the University Senate may impose. The Council shall report to each meeting of the Senate and it shall distribute the minutes of its meetings to the members of the Senate within twenty (20) days of the Council session. Toward the effective execution of these responsibilities, the Council shall elect from its Council a University Senate Executive Committee.
ARTICLE V. FACULTY COUNCIL: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS
ARTICLE V. FACULTY COUNCIL: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS
Section 10. Memberbark
The Faculty Council shall consist of the thirty-nine members of the Faculty Senate who are members of the University Council and the Chancellor, serving ex officio. Section 2:
Section 1. Membership
2. Meetings and Quorum
The Council shall normally convene in May and October of each year. It shall meet at other times when the Faculty Cancellor or by the Faculty Executive Committee. Two-thirds of the membership of the Council shall constitute a quorum to transact business. Meetings of the Council shall be closed to non-members of the Faculty Senate except by consent of two-thirds of the Council members present and voting.
Section 3. Organization
The Chancellor shall serve as the presiding officer at meetings of the Council. In his absence the Chancellor shall designate another member of the Council to preside. The Secretary of the Faculty Senate may act in the discretion of the Council but, unless elected to membership on the Council, shall have no vote in its decision. The Chairman of the Faculty Executive Committee shall, in consultation with the Chancellor prepare the agenda of the meetings of the Council, report for the Faculty Executive Committee, and shall facilitate the presentation of matters from the several Faculty Senate committees.
ARTICLE VI. UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES AND BOARDS
The Council shall act in behalf of the Faculty Senate in the performance of its powers, subject to such aitation as the Faculty Senate may impose. The Council shall report to each meeting of the Faculty Senate and will distribute the minutes of its meetings to the members of the Faculty Senate within twenty days after the conclusion of each Council session.
ARTICLE VII. UNIVERSITY SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
The development, within the areas of their responsibilities, of procedures and policies appropriate for the government of the activities of the University shall be the concern of the following University Committees and Boards: (1) the University Senate Executive Committee and the Faculty and the Student Executive Committee; (2) the Standing Committees of the University Council; (3) the Standing Committees of the University, Faculty, and Student Senates; (4) University Boards; (5) Chancellor's Committees; and (6) such other committees and boards as may time to time be created by a Senate, its Executive Committee, or the Chancellor.
Section 1. Membership, Term of Office and Nomination
By ballot at its regular May meeting of each year, the University Council shall elect nine of its members to serve as the University Senate Executive Committee until the election of their successors in the following year; six shall be elected by and from among the Faculty Senate members of the Council and three shall be elected by and from among the Student Senate members of the Council. In each of these elections the support of at least two members of the respective electorates shall be necessary for each nomination for membership on the University Senate Executive Committee.
Section 2. Oversee
Each year upon its election, the University Senate Executive Committee by ballot shall elect from its membership a faculty member as chairman and a student member as vice-chairman who shall serve until the election of their successors, and it shall appoint from the membership of the Faculty Senate a secretary who shall have no vote unless he also sits as an elected member of the Committee.
Section 3. Functions and Quorum
The University Senate Executive Committee shall ensure that all functions of the University Senate and, if the University Council are carried out expeditiously and in conformity with the provisions of this CODE, they may change far and call the meetings of the University Senate and of the University Council; it shall create a work of the University Senate; the University Council and their standing committees; it shall ensure that the Committees are active and make the proper reports to the University Senate and Council and that the Council is involved in involving University Senate and Council business, and shall transmit the activities of the various Senates, Councils, and their commissioners to the University Senate and Council all matters that should be of concern to them, shall consult with the Council and involve the Advisory Commission of the University Senate or other administrative officials. Finally it shall act on behalf of the University Senate or other matters requiring expeditious action, and shall make appropriate reports of any such action. To carry its assigned duties the University Senate Executive Committee shall meet once a month, or offender when summoned by its chairman, six members constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.
When complaint shall be made to the University Senate Executive Committee of acts by a teaching manager, the committee will vitiate the academic purposes of the University (such as gross misconduct in class, wilful misuse of the university's charge of teaching duties) and the Committee shall be satisfied that Departmental and School recourse should be offered. The Committee shall appoint an *ad hoc* committee composed of five members of the Committee on Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities to investigate the alleged acts and make recommendations to the University Council for appropriate action by that body.
ARTICLE VIII. FACULTY AND STUDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS
Section 1. Membership and Term of Office
The Faculty Executive Committee shall consist of the six members of the Faculty Senate on the University Senate Executive Committee. The Student Executive Committee shall consist of seven members of the Student Senate including the President and Vice-President of the university, and the members of the Student Senate on the University Senate Executive Committee, with the remaining positions being filled by election by and from the Student Senate at its first meeting following the May meeting of the University Council.
Section 2. Organization
The Chairman of the University Senate Executive Committee shall serve as the chairman of the Faculty Executive Committee; the Student Executive Committee shall elect a chairman from among its members; the Student Senate Executive Committee. The Secretary of the University Senate Executive Committee shall serve as the Faculty Executive Committee, but shall have no vote unless he be a member of the Committee. The Student Executive Committee shall appoint a secretary from among the membership of the Student Senate who shall have no vote unless he be a member of the Committee.
Section 3. Functions and Quorum
The Faculty Executive Committee shall perform the same functions with regard to the Faculty Senate, and the Student Executive Committee shall perform the same relationship to the Chancellor, and the Student Executive Committee shall perform the same relationship to the President of the student body, its committees and shall bear the same relationship to the President of the student body. The Executive Committee performs with regard to the University Senate and the University Council and their committees. The Chancellor as provided in ARTICLE V1, Section 3, paragraph one. Each Executive Committee shall meet when summoned by its chairman, four members constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.
ARTICLE IX. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL
Section 1. Committees Identified
The University Council shall have the following three standing committees: (1) Organization and Administration of the University, (2) Academic Procedures and Policies, and (3) Planning and Resources. The responsibilities of each standing committee shall be fixed by the Council.
Each standing committee of the University Council shall be composed of seven Faculty Senate members and three Student Senate members of the Council. The Special Representatives shall be members of each standing committee and at least one faculty member of the University Senate Executive Committee shall serve on each standing committee, other than those serving ex officio, and the chairman of each standing committee shall be appointed by the University Senate Executive Committee with the consent of the Council. The several standing committees shall be organized at the May session of the Council.
The University Senate Executive Committee shall refer matters to the appropriate standing committee directly, in addition to the standing committees shall initiate studies and may recommend changes in procedures to the standing committee. Each standing committee shall report at each session of the University Council concerning what have been referred to it, with appropriate recommendations for Council action, and may report on any written referendum deemed appropriate by the University Senate Executive Committee or by the University Council, reports of standing committees shall be distributed to all members of the University Senate.
ARTICLE X. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE
ton 1. Committees Identified
The University Senate shall have the following seven standing committees: (1) Calender.
(1) Calendar
(1) Calendar
(2) Film Series
(2) Film Series
(3) Financial Aid to Students
(4) Foreign Students
(5) Human Relief
Human Relations
(6) Lectures and Convocations (7)
The responsibilities of each standing committee shall be fixed by the University Senate.
The Committee on Financial Aid to Students shall be composed of the Director of the Office of Student Financial Aid, three faculty members of the University Senate, six student members of the University Senate, and two members of the Chancellor's Honors Scholarships Committee to be designated by the chairman of that Committee.
The Calendar Committee shall be composed of the Registrar, four faculty members of the University Senate and four student members of the University Senate.
Section 2. Membership
The Committee on Film Series shall be composed of seven faculty or staff members of the University Senate and five student members of the University Senate.
The Committee on Foreign Students shall be composed of the Dean of Foreign Students, five faculty members of the University Senate, and five student members of the University Senate.
The Committee on Libraries shall be composed of the director of Libraries, one representative from the Graduate School, the School of Law, and the School of Medicine, appointed by the Dean of his School, five faculty members of the University Senate, and five student members of the University Senate.
The Committee on Human Relations shall be composed of the Dean Men; the Dean of Women, three times, of whom one shall be from the School of Law, and five student members of the University Senate.
The Committee on Lectures and Convocations shall be composed of seven faculty or staff members of the University Senate and seven student members of the University Senate.
The University Senate members and the chairman of each standing committee shall be appointed by the University Council, with the consent of the University Senate. In so far as possible, at least one member of each standing committee may be a member of the University Council and no member of the University Senate shall serve on more than two standing committees. The several standing committees shall be organized after the May meeting
Upon the unanimous request by the members of one of the standing committees of the University Senate, the University Senate Executive Committee is empowered to appoint such temporary members for that fixed period. In addition, and notwithstanding the composition of the matters, which the committee requests. In addition, and notwithstanding the composition of the matters, each specific section in this Section, the University Senate Executive Committee may, by unanimous action, effect permanent change in such composition subject to the approval of the University Senate, such permanent change to become effective with the appointment of the standing committees for the following year.
Section 3. Functions
The standing committee of the University Senate shall develop and recommend changes in procedures and policies within the areas of their responsibilities. Each standing committee shall, when requested by the University Senate, Council, or Senate Executive Committee, report to the requesting authority on matters within its charge. When deemed appropriate by the University Senate Executive Committee, or by the University Senate or Council, a report of a standing committee shall be distributed to all members of the University Senate.
ARTICLE XI. UNIVERSITY BOARDS
Section 1. Boards Identified
Among the several University Boards, there shall be the following:
(1) The Parking and Traffic Board
(2) The Director
The Disciplinary Board shall be composed of the Dean of Men, the Dean of Women, three faculty members appointed for three-year staggered terms by the Faculty Executive Committee from the membership of the Faculty Senate, and six members of the student body, including always both men and women and at least one member of the Student Senate, appointed by the Student Executive Committee in consultation with the Dean of Science Affiliate. The Student Executive Committee in consultation with the Dean of Science Affiliate may form among the members of the Board. When the Board is holding a disciplinary hearing, the Dean or one of the which the student concerned is enrolled, or his deputy, shall sit as a non-voting member of the Board, and the presiding officer of the hearing, who shall also not be entitled to vote unless the Board be equally divided, shall be the Dean of Men if the student concerned is a man or the Dean of Women if the rule governing non-academic conduct of students promulgated by the Student Senate and over cases involving infractions of the rules governing academic conduct of students promulgated by the University Senate.
(3) The Board of Disciplinary Appeals
The Parking and Traffic Board shall be composed of the Vice-Chancellor for Operations, the Chief of Computer Science, the University Senate, and four student members of the University Senate. The University Senate Executive Committee is responsible from among the members of the Board. The Board shall develop policies, procedures and specific regulations for the control and management of the parking of vehicles and the movement of vehicles on campus.
Section 2: Membership, Terms of Office and Powers
The Board of Disciplinary Appeals shall be composed of a member of the faculty of the School of Law appointed by the Dean of that School, as Chairman, a member of the faculty of the School of Law appointed by the Committee of the School of Law described in the third paragraph of Article 111, Section 20 of the University Senate Executive Committee, in consultation with the Dean of the School of Law shall be a member of the Board who is unable for any reason to hear a matter brought before the Board. Petitions for the review of finding made and decisions reached by the Disciplinary Board at a disciplinary hearing shall be sent to the Board of Disciplinary Appeals, whose judgment shall be limited to the consideration of whether its powers afforded the student concerned a fair hearing, and (33) made findings and reached a decision which he/she support in the record of its hearing. In addition to its appellate jurisdiction, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals shall have original jurisdiction over cases within the jurisdiction of the Disciplinary Board of the Board of Disciplinary Appeals, a quorum of the Disciplinary Board cannot be assembled to a disciplinary hearing within a reasonable time after the occasion for a hearing shall arise.
Unless otherwise provided in this Section, representatives from the membership of the University Senate on such University Board as may now exist or from time to time be established shall be appointed. Representatives with the consent of the University Senate; except that, where provision is duly made that faculty Senate will elect a University Senate shall be elected to a University Board, such representatives shall be nominated and elected in accordance with the relevant procedures established in Section 2 of ARTICLE IV for the nomination and election of Faculty Senate members of the University Council.
Section 3. **Burden of Duty:**
A Board representative from the membership of the University Senate shall report each year to the board regarding any changes that would better serve the interests of the University.
ARTICLE XII. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY SENATE
Section 1. Committees Identified
(1) Cooperation among Institutions of Higher Learning
(2) Cooperation with Junior Colleges
The Faculty Senate shall have the following six standing committees: HC
(3) Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities
(5) Tenure and Related Problems
(6) Scholarly Publications
The responsibilities of each standing committee shall be fixed by the Faculty Senate.
Section 2. Membership
The Committee on Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities shall be composed of eight
The Committee on Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities shall be composed of eight members of the Faculty Senate one of whom shall be a member of the Faculty Executive Committee. The Chairperson of the Dean of Faculties for Research; nine members of the Faculty Senate; and one representative from the Graduate School, the School of Law, and the School of Medicine appointed by the Dean of his school.
The Committee on Tenure and Related Problems shall be composed of five members of the Faculty Senate; one member shall be from the School of Law, one from the Faculty Executive Committee, one from the Executive Committee of the University of Kansas Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and the other two from the membership of the Faculty Senate at large.
leadership of the Faculty Senate at large.
The Committee on Scholarly Publications shall be appointed by the Faculty Senate
and one graduate student member of the Student Senate, appointed by the Student Executive.
Members of the Faculty Senate and one graduate student member of the Student Senate appointed by the Student Senate are other standing committees shall be composed of at least three and no more than twelve members of the Faculty Senate and of such other University personnel as the Faculty Executive Committee advisable except that a majority of each standing committee shall be members of the Faculty Senate.
The Faculty Senate members and the chairman of each standing committee shall be appointed by the Faculty Executive Committee with the consent of the Faculty Senate. No member of the Faculty Senate shall serve on more than two standing committees. The several standing committees shall be organized after the May meeting of the University Council.
Upon the request of one of the standing committees of the Faculty Senate for the addition of temporary members, the Faculty Executive Committee is empowered to appoint such temporary members to the standing committee without written requests. In addition, and notwithstanding the composition of the standing committees as specified in this Section, the Faculty Executive Committee may effect a permanent change in such composition subject to the approval of the Faculty Senate, such permanent change to become effective with the appointment of the standing committees for the following year.
The standing committees of the Faculty Senate shall develop and recommend changes in procedures and policies within the areas of their responsibilities. Each standing committee shall, when requested by the Faculty Senate, Council, or Executive Committee, or by the University Senate Executive Committee, report to the requesting authority on matters within its charge. When deemed appropriate by the Faculty Senate or Council, a report of a standing committee shall be distributed to all members of the University Council or of the University Senate.
ARTICLE XIII. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE STUDENT SENATE
Section 1 Committees Identified
(1) Elections
The Student Senate shall have the following eight standing committees:
(2) Finance and Adaption
(3) Health
(1) Elections
(2) Finance and Auditing
(4) Off-Campus Housing
(5) Student Court
(4) Off-Campus Housing
(5) Student Court
(6) Student Publications
(6) Student Publications
(7) Student Diversity Policy
(7) Student Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities
(8) Student Union Activities.
The responsibilities of each standing committee shall be fixed by the Student Senate.
The Student Court shall be composed of seven Justices who shall be full-time students in the School of Law. The Chief Justice shall be determined from among them by a vote of the Justices.
The Committee on Off-Campus Housing shall be composed of the Dean of Student Affairs who shall be chairman, the Dean of Foreign Students, the chairman of People-to-People, three members of the FAFL.
The Committee on Student Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities shall be composed of eight members of the Student Senate, one of whom shall be the Vice-President of the student body.
Standing committees shall be composed of at least three and no more than twelve members of the Student Council. The students shall have an affirmative role in the decision to shall deem acceptable except that members of the student body shall at all times constitute a majority of standing committees.
The student members and the chairman of each standing committee shall be appointed by the Student Executive Committee with the consent of the Student Senate. No member of the Student Senate shall serve on more than two standing committees. The several standing committees shall be organized after the May meeting of the University Council.
Upon the request of one of the standing committees of the Student Senate for the addition of temporary members, the Student Executive Committee is empowered to appoint such temporary members for that fixed period, or for the consideration of those fixed matters, which the committee requests. The Student Senate may adopt a permanent change in Section, the Student Executive Committee may effect a permanent change in such composition subject to the approval of the Student Senate, such permanent change to become effective with the appointment of the standing committees for the following year.
Section 3. Functions
The standing committees of the Student Senate shall develop and recommend changes in procedures and policies within the areas of their responsibilities. Each standing committee shall, when requested by the Student Senate or Executive Committee, or by the University Senate Executive Committee, report to the requesting authority on matters within its charge. When deemed appropriate by the Student Senate, a report of a standing committee shall be distributed to all members of the University Council or of the University Senate.
ARTICLE XIV CHANCELLOR'S COMMITTEES
Representatives from the membership of the University Senate on the various Chancellor's Committees shall be appointed by such methods and shall serve in such numbers and for such terms as shall from time to time be determined by the Chancellor in consultation with the University Senate Executive Committee.
ARTICLE XV. PROCEDURES
Section 1. Amendment
The Faculty Senate may amend Article 11, sections 2 and 3, and Articles V and XII of this CODE by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at a regular or special meeting, provided that the call of the meeting shall have included a copy of the proposed amendment, together with such other provisions proper, and shall have been mailed to each member at least ten days before the day of the meeting.
The remainder of this CODE may be amended in accordance with the following procedure: The University Council may propose an amendment by a two-thirds vote of its membership. It shall forward its proposal in bill form to the University Senate and the University Senate shall consider the proposal at its next meeting, provided that (1) a copy of the proposed amendment together with such other documents be submitted to the Senate at least ten days before the day of the meeting and (2) there be present at the meeting members sufficient to constitute a quorum of both the Faculty Senate and of the Student Senate. A majority vote of the Faculty Senate members present and voting and the Student Senate members present and voting shall be necessary for the adoption of the proposal.
The Student Senate may amend Article III, Sections 2, 3, 6, and 7, and Article XIII of this CODE by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at a regular or special meeting, provided that the call of the meeting shall have included a copy of the proposed amendment, together with such explanatory materials as may be proper, and should have been mailed to each member at least ten days
Section 2. Parliamentary Practice
The rules contained in the most recent edition of Robert's Rules of Order Revised shall govern the Senates, the Councils, and their committees in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with this CODE or the special rules of those bodies. The Chancellor shall annually appoint a member of the Faculty Council to serve as Parliamentarian of all meetings of the University and Faculty Senates and Councils. The President of the student body shall annually appoint a member of the Student Senate to serve as Parliamentarian of the Student Senate.
ction 3. Interim, Organization and Procedures
Initial adoption of this CODE shall be effected by the amendment procedures specified in ARTICLE IX, Section 1, of the present Senate Code and in ARTICLE IX of the present Constitution of the Associated Students of the University of Kansas. Its adoption will serve as an amendment of such documents as are submitted to the University of Kansas such as the two councils have been restructured as provided in this CODE, the existing faculty and student governing bodies and their committees, and the existing Boards, shall continue under such present Code and Constitution. The Executive Committee of the existing faculty and student governing bodies should estimate such procedures and to make such adjustments as they may consider reasonably appropriate for an effective and orderly transition to the new governmental structure provided in this CODE.
December 20,1968
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