The University Senate of Michigan Technological University
PROPOSAL
4-05
(Voting
Units: Full Senate)
AMENDMENT
OF THE SENATE BYLAWS
This amendment will add a paragraph to Article I (Operational Bylaws),
Section M (Special Constituency Issues) of the Senate Bylaws. The amendment
will allow changes to be made in the Senate’s professional staff constituency
through amendment of the Senate Bylaws without having to resort to amendment of
the Senate Constitution.
The paragraph to be added to Section M is:
Background
This amendment is a companion to Proposal 3-05, Amendment of the Senate
Constitution.
The Constitution uses exempt (salaried personnel) and non-exempt (wage
personnel) classifications, unless otherwise excluded (Article II, Section A, Paragraph
5) and membership in collective bargaining units recognized by the University,
unless otherwise excluded (Article II, Section A, Paragraph 6) to define
professional staff. Proposal 3-05 eliminates these two paragraphs and adds a
clause allowing the definition of professional staff to be subject to the
Senate Bylaws.
This Proposal will facilitate amendments to the Senate Constitution found
in Proposal 3-05. It will allow the Bylaws to define the Senate’s professional
staff constituency and will allow changes to the professional staff constituency
to be accomplished more expeditiously through amendment of the Senate Bylaws
rather than the Senate Constitution.
Approved by Senate: 30 Sept 2004