20.10.10 The Chancellor may authorize
or discontinue student governments as official units of the University
of California, San Diego responsible for representing student constituencies
comprising either the student body as a whole or a particular segment
of it. The Chancellor may also assign to such student governments specific
powers and other responsibilities concerning student affairs.
20.10.11 Student governments may
be supported by either compulsory or voluntary fees. Fees established
to support a student government must comply with the requirements set
forth in Sections 18.00.
et seq., above , and they must be approved by the chancellor, except
that no compulsory fee shall be effective until approved by the Regents.
20.11 Student Government Right to Address
Public Issues: Student governments shall have the right to
address and take positions on public issues, as consideration of such
matters serves the University’s and UCSD’s educational purposes. Positions
on issues taken by student governments shall not be represented as or
deemed to be official positions of the University or UCSD. Except for
authorized lobbying on student-related issues, no compulsory student
government fees shall be expended in support of such positions. This
does not affect the right of any student, as an individual, to petition
governmental officials or bodies.
20.12Delegation of Fiscal Authority
to Associated Students of the University of California, San Diego, and
Graduate Student Association: The Chancellor is responsible for
the fiscal soundness of student governments. In the discharge of this
responsibility, the Chancellor may make audits of the finances of student
governments, exercise control over expenditures of their funds when
and to the extent necessary to maintain financial solvency of student
governments, and where necessary may take action to ensure that any
activity under the control of student governments is operated in accordance
with sound business practices consonant with University and UCSD policies
and procedures applicable to such practices.
20.12.10 Compulsory UCSD based
fees and other UCSD funds may be expended by ASUCSD and GSAUCSD only
for programs and purposes directly related to the University and for
the beneficial interests of the UCSDStudent Body.
20.12.11 Expenditures
shall not be in violation of the law and shall be consistent with University
or UCSD policies and UCSD regulations.
20.12.12 Funds may not be expended
either directly or indirectly for political purposes or for the purpose
of encouraging the establishment of religion except as noted in Section
18.13 above.
20.12.13 In the expenditure of
University/UCSD funds, ASUCSD and GSAUCSD will follow accepted business
and accounting practices and methods of accountability approved by the
Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs. This should include a periodic
audit for ASUCSD's and GSAUCSD's financial activities. Also, policies
governing employees of ASUCSD or GSAUCSD should be developed in consultation
with the UCSD Personnel Office and should be keeping with the University
regulations governing other University employees.
20.12.14 In following these guidelines,
the ASUCSD and GSAUCSD are required to secure the approval of the Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs prior to the expenditure of any funds
when there is reasonable doubt as to whether such expenditures conform
to the guidelines set forth in
Sections 20.12.10 through 13, above.
20.13Student Reciprocity Privileges:
A student registered for a current term on any University campus shall
be entitled to basic outpatient health care services on another University
campus, under conditions that apply to students registered on that campus.
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