SGA Senate 2025-2026

To allow students who have received a Level III violation to appeal for a higher privilege plan after one year if improvement has been shown.

To allow students access to the tennis courts during daylight hours without special approval.

To eliminate the need of wellness seminars if sufficient wellness hours are achieved.

To further ensure the safety of MSMS students.

To introduce the role of “Representative” into MSMS Senate.

To introduce the role of “Representative” into MSMS Senate.

To include assignments in the calculation for rescheduling tests under the Multiple Test Form policy.

To allow students who have received a Level III violation to appeal for a higher privilege plan after one year if improvement has been shown.

To create a system that ensures laundry does not remain in the washer/dryer past a reasonable timeframe.

To allow students to email the front office when their teacher is absent instead of physically checking in.

To allow students to stay up after lights out for as long as needed for educational purposes.

To allow students who arrive at/past 12:00 a.m. from sports or other school events or competitions to be excused from the first hour of school.

To better inform the MSMS Student Body of SGA proceedings.

To further ensure the safety of MSMS students.

To add kitchens to the handbook.

To allow work service to have a set standard to regulate how work service is graded to be fair for all students.

To allow work services to rotate midway through the year.

To reintroduce Mental Health Days at MSMS while establishing safeguards to prevent academic misuse and ensure that the policy supports student mental health as intended.

If a Resident Assistant (RA) is more than fifteen minutes late to room checks, students may be excused with their keys and IDs left by the door.

To provide a fair and reasonable buffer for students who arrive slightly after the official dorm sign-in time.

To enforce the recitation of the United States Pledge of Allegiance in accordance with MS Code § 37-13-7 (2024)

To allow band concerts to count as wellness hours.

To return the Mother's Day extended weekend.

Proposed Sixth Revision of the SGA Constitution.

To provide a fair and reasonable buffer for students who arrive slightly after the official dorm sign-in time.

To clarify how room inspections occur before holidays and extended weekends.

To formally recognize the hard work and positive impact of the cafeteria staff and to foster appreciation within the school community.

To limit the amount of attainable wellness hours for athletes from sporting events in exchange for a single wellness seminar credit for participating sporting events.

To add kitchens to the handbook.

To improve the academic environment of MSMS.

To reduce the use of Reach.

To implement end-of-the-year awards in Senate.

Mandate uniform grading practices in each topic. E.g., Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, etc

To move being out of your room during lights out from a Level Two (Exception) to a Level I (Exception), as well as to allow students to get water from water fountains during lights out.

Mandate uniform grading practices for quizzes/tests in STEM subjects. E.g., Calculus, Foundations, Physics, etc.

If IDs no longer function due to regular wear and tear, MSMS will replace them free of charge one time. If they are lost, broken, or dysfunctional after the first replacement, students are expected to cover the $25 fee.

To reinstate the ability of non-MSMS students to stay overnight during the weekends.

To change weekday student curfew from 10:25 PM to 10:00 PM in order to promote better sleep, improve mental health, and support overall student well-being.

To plan a forum where students can learn, ask questions, and lodge complaints about REACH, MSMS’s new Residence Life app.

Proposed Seventh Revision of the SGA Constitution.

To aid with the inconsistent heating/cooling throughout the residence halls and lessen the severity of menstrual cramps, the implementation of heating pads and heated blankets could be utilized.

To give students on “O” or Premium Plans flexibility in signing out during the school day when they have no attendance responsibilities to fulfill.

To relocate the two soccer goals near Shackleford to a usable area such as Pohl Field, or the space behind Shack, or behind Kincannon, or any other plausible locations.

To add 2 more tables outside of Hooper for socializing or work.

To equalize training of new Residence Life staff.

To prioritize entry-level classes (e.g. University Chemistry I-II, University Biology I-II, Mechanics, University Composition I-II) with more than two class blocks for 8 AM classes.

To further ensure the impeachment policy is fair.

To implement written amendments and note-based debate.

To change study hours from 7:00-9:00 pm to 7:00-8:30 pm after first quarter for juniors and overall, for seniors.

To formalize an existing practice of reporting temporarily misplaced student ID cards and ensure students aren't penalized.

To modernize the MSMS Student Handbook regarding signage and posters by removing outdated approval processes and aligning policy with current campus practices.

To allow juniors to start clubs during Q1 in the circumstance of the club being a CTSO that has strict deadlines (e.g., FBLA, HOSA, DECA, TSA, etc.).

To address concerns of discrepancies between treatment of students in residence halls.

To allow more flexibility for playlists and lower long-term costs for formal events at MSMS.

To create a guideline on how classes are placed on the master matrix.

To ensure seniors retain access to MSMS's Microsoft OneDrive suite for a known timeframe after graduation.

To allow MSMS sports and important events to be live streamed.

Proposed Eighth Revision of the SGA Constitution.

To eliminate time limit on debate.

If a student is over 30 mins late to class because they weren't awoken in time by a residental staff, it should only count as a tardy.

To amend the handbook of outdated practices during study hours.

To change indecent exposure from a Level II (Exception) to a Level III (Exception).

To set Tutorial Day on a Friday and the beginning of exams to the following Monday.

To create a compartmentalized email thread system, and to limit emails past room checks.