THE STUDENT SENATE
About the Student Senate
The Student Senate is comprised of elected student representatives from academic units of U of L who meet twice a month to excercise legislative powers and fulfill legislative duties, as provided by the SGA Constitution. Theses powers and duties include, but are not limited to, creating recommendations to the executive officers and university administration, running the SGA budget, appropriating money, providing a check on the SGA executive, approving new student organizations, and amending the Constitution and By-laws. Currently, the Senate is led by Speaker of the Senate John Docter and Stephanie Bonenberger, SGA Executive Vice President.
Student Senators
The Student Senate is currently comprised of 44 student representatives who were elected from the academic unites of the university. These voting members are student senators, council presidents, and council vice presidents. These students also serve on U of L's university wide committees to provide for student representation.
Meeting Schedule
The Student Senate meets twice a month to conduct official business. Both students and the public are welcome to come and speak. To address the Senate about issues on the floor, students must have a senator yield his or her time to them. Please contact your senator to arrange this before or during the meeting.
Note: To address the Senate about an issue NOT on the agenda, students must contact the Speaker of the Senate (sgaspeaker@louisville.edu) at least 24 hours PRIOR to the meeting.
Senate Documents
Senate documents include agendas, resolutions, etc. All will be made available online for student and public access. SGA Minutes can be found to the right, on one of the links.
