Student Development

A. The Student Senate

1. Expulsion

a. Upon presentation of a petition for expulsion including the senator to be expelled, allegations justifying the expulsion, and the signatures of five Student Senate members, the Student Senate President shall convene an expulsion hearing within seven days of the petition's presentation.

b. A member's expulsion requires a two-thirds concurrence of the Student Senate.

c. An expelled member may appeal the decision of the Student Senate to the Student Appellate Board which will rule on the matter within seven days of the appeal's submission to the Chief Justice.

d. While the Student Senate has the right to expel a senator who is an organizational representative, the organization may send another officer to the Student Senate to replace the expelled member.

2. Petition of Recall

a. Executive Senators

i. The student body will be able to initiate the removal from office of any executive senator by submitting to the Student Senate President a petition of recall including the name of the member to be recalled, allegations justifying the recall, and signatures of at least ten percent of the student body.

ii. The Student Senate Secretary will verify the signatures of the petition within forty-eight hours of the petition's submission.

iii. Within seven days of the verification of the signatures, an all-campus referendum will be held in which a simple majority shall validate the petition of recall.

b. Organizational Senators

i. The Independent and Off-campus housing communities will be able to initiate the removal from office of their respective senators by submitting to the Student Senate President a petition of recall including the name of the member to be recalled, allegations justifying the recall, and signatures of at least ten percent of the senator's constituency.

ii. The Student Senate Secretary will verify the signatures of the petition within forty-eight hours of the petition's submission.

iii. Within seven days of the verification of the signatures, the constituency initiating the removal will vote in a referendum in which a simple majority will validate the petition of recall.

c. Class Senators

i. Any class of the university will be able to initiate the removal of its senator from office by submitting to the Student Senate President a petition of recall including the name and class year of the senator to be recalled, allegations justifying the recall, and signatures of at least ten percent of the class from which the petition is issued.

ii. The Student Senate Secretary will verify the signatures of the petition within the forty-eight hours of the petition's submission.

iii. Within seven days of the verification of the signatures, the class initiating the removal will vote in a referendum in which a simple majority will validate the petition of recall.

B. The Student Senate Hearing Board

1. Upon presentation of a petition for removal of office including the Student Senate Hearing Board member to be removed, allegations justifying the removal, and the signatures of either five Student Senators or three Student Senate Hearing Board members the Student Senate President will convene a removal hearing within seven days of the petition's presentation.

2. A Student Senate Hearing Board member's removal from office requires a two-thirds concurrence of the Student Senate.