Bylaw Changes

Dates Amended

  • August 2005
  • March 2011
  • May 2010
  • May 2014
  • April 2016
  • June 2016
  • April 2017
  • June 2019
  • April 2021
  • April 2023
  • June 2024

Summary of Bylaw Changes

Date Bylaw Topic
March 17,  2011 Article IV, Section 1 and 2 Section 1 – Add “technical assistants”
Section 1 – Remove “technical
March 17, 2011 Article IX, Section 2.E.2 Replace conducting evaluations to conducting “elections:
March 17, 2011 Article IX, Section 2.F.2 Remove constituent areas and replace with “Constituent areas of representation are outlined in the Faculty Senate
March 17, 2011 Article X, Section 1.C “A quorum for each regular or special meeting of the faculty shall consist of two-fifths of the voting faculty.”
March 17, 2011 Article X, Section 5 Add “electronic balloting” to the existing mail balloting method
May 2014 Article IV, Section 2 Edited to reflect title changes (i.e. Director of Public Affairs, Director of Human Resources, etc.)
May 2014 Article V, Section 2.C.5 Changed to add… “upon request”
May 2014 Article IX, Section 2.E Changed to add “at least”
April 2016 Article X, Section 5 Section revised
June 2016 Article VI Section revised
April 2017 Article V Section revised
June 2019 Article IV Section revised
April 2021 Document Incorporation of inclusive pronouns
April 2021 Document Replacement of the term “non-teaching staff” with “professional staff
April 2021 Article V, Section 1.C Reinstituting Secretary Officer Position
April 2021 Article VI, Section 1.C and 3.A Senator term of office length
April 2021 Article VI, Section 2.A Officer election years
April 2021 Article VIII Section 1.A Meeting frequency
April 2021 Article VIII, Section 1.D.1 Document distribution list
April 2021 Article VIII, Section 2 Clarification of committee types
April 2021 Article X, Section 1.A Clarification of meeting types
April 2021 Article X, Section 5.B Clarification of terminology
April 2021 Article X, Section 7.A and 7.B Vacancy succession
April 2023 Article VI, Section 1.2  Elections
June 2024 Article VI, Section 1.A.2 Constituency voting members
June 2024 Article IX, Section 1.B.7 EC Duties
June 2024 Article IX, Section 2.A.1 APC Membership
June 2024 Article IX, Section 2.C.1 Planning Committee Membership and Duties
June 2024 Article IX, Section 2.D.1 and 2.D.2 Prof Dev Membership and Duties
June 2024 Article IX, Section 2.E.1 and 2.E.2  SCAA Membership and Duties
June 2024 Article IX, Section 2.F.1 NEG Membership
June 2024 Article X, Section 5.E Bylaw Amendment Process update