SGA Senate 2024-2025

To allow for students with large gaps in their schedule to leave campus for lunch.

To make the first offense of an unexcused absence be a Level One Exception and to lessen the punishments of each offense.

To provide clarity on when students are allowed to complete dorm hall work service and provide students with more opportunities to complete dorm hall work service.

To change the requirement of having no Cs for O Plan to being able to have one C and to change the requirement of having no Cs for Premium Plan to being able to have two Cs.

To amend the handbook to reduce confusion and amend certain privilege plans.

To offer transparency regarding the allocation of extracurricular funding.

To allow practicing in the music room to count for wellness hours.

For Students to be able to leave their dorm rooms between 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. to get water from the water fountain.

To ease the weight of taking hard classes by allowing students to move the dates of their tests and quizzes with an amended point system as well as to fix minor spelling mistakes in the student handbook.

To give students a little leeway involving the grading portions of privilege plans.

To allow minor profanity between students on floors 2-5 of each dormitory excluding lobbies.

To ensure students are not held responsible for other students not completing work service in their assigned area so that grades can be given fairly to all students.

Students should be able to sign out earlier in the day if they have no classes or after the end of their last class on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

To provide clarity on when students are allowed to complete dorm hall work service and provide students with more opportunities to complete dorm hall work service.

To ensure that medical absences are determined by a medical professional without exception.

To make the first offense of an unexcused absence be a Level One Exception and to lessen the punishments of each offense.

For students to be allowed into other students' rooms with lights on after lights out on the condition that they are not being disrespectful of their neighbors.

To amend the handbook to decrease confusion about televisions.

To change the requirement of having no Cs for O Plan to being able to have one C and to change the requirement of having no Cs for Premium Plan to being able to have two Cs.

To incorporate odor as a part of weekly room inspections.

For all MSMS teachers to record quiz and test dates on their syllabus or equivalent schedule sheet.

To replace the AP testing dates calendar within the student handbook to reflect official College Board dates.

To automatically excuse students with a substantiated illness that would constitute missing class the next day from study hours.

For MSMS students to receive wellness credit from working out in the mornings.

Correction of Student Handbook RL.45. (pg.90).

For dormitory residents who do not share a bedroom with another student to be allowed to make a “combined bed”.

To allow Resident Assistants from the opposite dorm to sign off on cards.

To allow Resident Assistants from the opposite dorm to sign off on cards.

For students to be able to spend thirty-five dollars rather than twenty-five dollars when campaigning for SGA elections.

To ease the weight of taking classes by allowing students to move the dates of their tests and quizzes by the discretion of their teachers.

To prevent senators from presenting a second bill/resolution in one semester unless all other senate members have presented a bill/resolution. Alternatively, they can co-author with another senator who hasn’t presented that semester.

To remove study hours on Sundays and any other day that students are travelling back to school.

To amend the handbook to decrease confusion about televisions.

To give students leeway involving the grading portions of privilege plans.

To allow students to sign into class through email when a teacher is absent.

To implement numerous changes to improve clarity in the Constitution as well as deal with election security.

To allow proper enforcement of weekly study hours.

To provide clarity for students who receive a grade below “Outstanding” in their work service evaluations.

To itemize and expand upon the room inspection guidelines in the student handbook.

To make sure laundry rooms in dorms are being used appropriately.

To allow emissaries to receive wellness hours for tours.

To itemize and expand upon the room inspection guidelines in the student handbook.

To allow seniors to decorate their mortarboards for graduation.

Allow students to decorate the walls of the halls in the dorms.

To create an oath of office and swearing-in ceremony for SGA officers.

To give students flexibility with their days off of study hours.

To space out the time between quizzes and tests to relieve some stress on students.

To relieve stress on students regarding tests and quizzes.

To increase the allotted time for Standard Plan general errands.

To allow students from sister schools access to shadow students and attend classes for up to three days (Sunday Night - Thursday Morning).

To give MSMS students Paper accounts.

To allow art activities in the art classroom (S101) outside of class to count as wellness points.

To change the system of impeaching senators.

To create an oath of office and swearing-in ceremony for SGA officers.

To change the procedure for scheduling bill presenters for Senate meetings.

To include NI grades for Work Service, Wellness, and Resident Life in the eligibility for privilege plans.

To allow for students to sign themselves our after prom with written/emailed parental proof.

To clarify the version of Robert's Rules of Order we follow in the SGA Constitution.

To update the handbook to include current email procedures.

To allow a grace period for estimated time of return on yellow cards.

To add a clear section in the MSMS Student Handbook that provides a brief explanation for academic and financial accommodations.

Correction of Student Handbook RL.45. To permit the use of heating pads.

To add the rules about kitchen use to the handbook.

To organize a meeting on Thursday, April 3rd, for students to discuss the state board of education recommending the MSU plan.

To ban Artificial Intelligence chatbots on MSMS wifi.

To request that the MSMS Foundation provide financial assistance to cover the remaining cost of AP exams for students who demonstrate financial need.

To allow only previous Senators to run for SGA Secretary.

To adjust the responsibilities of class historians.

To let only the Senate vote on the SGA Vice-President Role.

To make sure laundry rooms in dorms are being used appropriately.

To allow only previous senators to run for SGA Secretary.

To change eligibility for privilege plans and remove Individualized Assisstance Plan.

To alter the dress code for room checks.

To get rid of the campaigning section in the SGA constitution.

To add procedures from the SGA constitution to the student handbook regarding campaigning.

To request that the MSMS Foundation provide financial assistance to cover the remaining cost of AP exams for students who demonstrate financial need.