WHEREAS, the twelve graduate student governments of the University of Pennsylvania have traditionally enjoyed freedom from budgetary oversight, and

WHEREAS, SASgov, the graduate student government of the School of Arts and Sciences, values such freedom, and

WHEREAS, it is unprecedented for school governments to report to GAPSA, and

WHEREAS, the proposed GAPSA constitutional amendment states in Article VIII, A:

4.  GAPSA shall provide an appropriation to each school’s student government(s) for the purpose of funding school-wide government activity, school-based student groups, and academic and social programming.

a. Each school will be required to submit annual budget information and updates to GAPSA at the request of the Vice Chair for Finance.

Therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that SASgov is opposed to the aforementioned constitutional amendment and urges GAPSA to reject it or any amendment of a similar spirit.

Passed unanimously by the SASgov General Body on March 24, 2009