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220 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 16
policy, academic freedom, University calendar, the library, student discipline,
student affairs, and such other standing committees as it may from time to
time authorize. The chairmen of the Senate Committees on Educational
Policy, Academic Freedom, Library, and of such other committees as the three
Senates may designate, shall be members of the corresponding committees of
the other Senates.
(m) Any action of any Senate involving matters of University-wide
policy, or proposals to amend the University Statutes, shall be submitted by
the Senate Coordinating Council to the other Senates for consideration and
recommendation.
SENATE COORDINATING COUNCIL
Sec. 7. (a) The Senate Coordinating Council is constituted of twelve
members, six of whom shall be elected by the Urbana-Champaign Senate,
three by the Chicago Professional Colleges Senate, and three by the Chicago
Undergraduate Division Senate. Any member of the Senate at each campus
shall be eligible for election to this Council. The term of office shall be three
years, except that, of the members first elected by each Senate, one-third
shall be elected for a one-year term, one-third for a two-year term, and onethird
for a three-year term. No member may serve for more than two consecutive
terms but may again be elected after the lapse of one or more years
following such membership. The Council shall select a chairman and a secretary
from among its members. A quorum shall consist of eight members, including
two-thirds of the representatives of each of the Senates.
(b) The Senate Coordinating Council shall consider all matters acted on
by any of the three Senates and determine whether any action affects general
University policy, or is a policy of individual campus concern only. Should
the Council find a matter to be of concern to more than one campus, it shall
refer that matter to the other Senate or Senates for consideration and recommendation.
Any proposed amendment to the Statutes of the University submitted
by one Senate shall be transmitted by the Senate Coordinating Council
to the other Senates. The Council shall endeavor to promote agreement of the
three Senates; and where this is not possible, the Council shall transmit its
recommendations to the President for submission to the Board of Trustees.
The Council, in acting on issues on which, the Senates disagree, shall notify
the several Senates of its proposed recommendations so that any objection to
or appeal from such recommendations by any Senate may accompany the
recommendations of the Council to the President and the Board of Trustees.
(c) The Council shall hold meetings at such intervals as to permit
expeditious consideration of matters acted upon by the several Senates.
(d) The Council shall appoint not more than three of its members to act
as a liaison committee advisory to the Board of Trustees (through the President),
the President, and the respective Senates, in matters of special and
extraordinary concern to the University. The special function of this committee
shall be to aid in maintaining harmonious relations among such officers
and units of the University. The committee shall act only upon the express
request of the Board of Trustees, the President, any one of the three Senates,
or the Senate Coordinating Council.