Please bring your February 2, 2006 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment B

2005-2006 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Foothill Suite, 3rd Floor University Union

Regular Meeting
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Introduction of Faculty Senate Scholars
4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Hinde Auditorium
Reception immediately following from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m., Lobby Suite

MEETING AGENDA (3:00-4:00)

MOMENT OF SILENCE

PERRY WEDDLE
Emeritus Faculty, Department of Philosophy

CONSENT CALENDAR

REGULAR AGENDA

SECOND READING

The Faculty Senate recommends implementation of the following requirements regarding student declaration of a major:

• Native freshmen and lower division transfer students are required to declare a major upon completion of 60 units; failure to do this will result in a hold on subsequent registration.
   
• Junior-level transfer students are required to declare a major prior to registration for their second semester; failure to do this will result in a registration hold.

In the implementation of this policy:

• the 60 units of coursework identified above shall include only those courses that carry unit credit toward the degree. (This excludes, therefore, remedial courses and courses taken at non-accredited institutions.)
   
• the Academic Advising Center shall have responsibility for placing and removing the registration holds specified above.
   
• it is recognized that this requirement is for an initial declaration of major only; students still have the option of changing their major after completion of 60 units.

The letter of transmittal from the Academic Policies Committee providing background information can be found at the February 2, 2006 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment B.

FIRST READING

Background: amendments to the Constitution of the Faculty are made according to Article IV, Section 2:

Section 2. AMENDMENTS TO THIS CONSTITUTION.

Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed by two-thirds (2/3) of the voting members of the Faculty Senate present and voting to do so, or by an initiative petition signed by twenty (20) percent of the faculty eligible to vote in the elections of this organization and presented to the Chair of the Faculty Senate. Amendments shall go into effect when they have been approved by a majority of the members of this organization voting upon the amendment, and by the President of the University.

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the Constitution of the Faculty as follows:

ARTICLE II

FACULTY SENATE

. . .

Section 5. MEMBERSHIP

1. The membership of the Faculty Senate shall be composed of (1) the representatives of the electing units; (2) four representatives to be elected at-large by the temporary faculty from those temporary faculty who are teaching six or more units during the semester in which the election is conducted; (3) chairs of certain standing committees of the Faculty Senate (as specified in the committee's charge), as at-large voting members, unless such chairs are already serving on the Senate as representatives of the electing units; the statewide academic senators, as ex officio, non-voting members; (5) the President or designee of the Emeritus Association of CSU, Sacramento, as an ex officio, non-voting member; (6) three student representatives, as non-voting members, chosen by, and in a manner determined by, the Associated Students of CSUS.
    
2. Representatives of electing units shall be elected by and from those units. There shall be two (2) types of electing units, single and combined.

1. Single electing units shall normally be academic departments or divisions having ten (10) or more probationary, tenured, and full-time temporary faculty appointments (including faculty participating in the Faculty Early Retirement Program, and faculty on paid leave or reduced load, but excluding faculty holding administrative appointments). If a college ceases to be organized by academic departments or divisions, its electing unit or units shall become the unit or units that elect its primary retention, tenure and promotion committee or committees. The Library shall be a single electing unit. A single electing unit, named the Student Services electing unit, composed of all Student Service Professionals and Academically Related Counseling Faculty included in the membership of the faculty (Article 1, Section 2) shall be established for the purpose of electing their representatives(s). Academic departments or divisions having fewer than ten (10) probationary, tenured, and full-time temporary faculty appointments (including faculty participating in the Faculty Early Retirement Program, and faculty on leave or reduced load, but excluding faculty holding administrative appointments), may choose to become single electing units or may choose to form combined electing units as described below.

BUDGET ADVISORY GROUP REPORT

INFORMATION

1. Faculty Senate's home page:  www.csus.edu/acse, or, from the CSUS home page, click on Administration and Policy, then Administration, then Faculty Senate.
2. Status on actions taken by the Senate:  http://www.csus.edu/acse/05-06_actions.htm   
3. Upcoming Senate meetings:

March 2, 2006 - Senate meets; election of Committee on Committees March 23, 2006 - Senate meets March 30, 2006 - Senate meets April 6, 2006 - 1st organizational meeting of the 2006-2007 Senate (3:00 - 3:30); 2005-2006 Senate meets (3:30-5:00)

SPECIAL EVENT: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - Outstanding Teaching, University and Community Service Awards reception April 20, 2006 - 2nd organizational meeting of the 2006-2007 Senate (3:00 - 3:30); 2005-2006 Senate meets (3:30-5:00) April 27, 2006 - Senate meets May 11, 2006 - Senate meets