Bill ID: 2021-0001

Status: Drafting | Drafted | Passed | Resolved

Sponsors: Austin Ruffino, Max Powers

Co-Sponsors: Connor Shea

Help From: Ryan Ingerson

Description: This Recommendation Bill serves as a recommendation to the college to enter into a partnership with the company "Rent College Pads" in order to create a centralized website and app where Ithaca College Students can find off-campus housing.

Bill ID: 2021-0002

Status: Drafting | Drafted | Passed | Resolved

Sponsors: Austin Ruffino

Co-Sponsors: Abigail Murtha, Antara Sen

Description: This Recommendation Bill serves to request tuition transparency from Ithaca College for the Fall 2020 semester, as tuition is not being discounted, despite a fully online semester.

Bill ID: 2021-0003

Status: Drafting | Drafted | Passed | Resolved

Sponsors: Jasmine Morrow

Co-Sponsors: Abigail Murtha

Description: This bill recommends administration to maintain and establish a time limit of sixty calendar days for the completion of sexual misconduct, harassment, and discrimination cases, with exceptions only for substantial extenuating circumstances.​ Such circumstances would be determined by the school and evaluated on a case to case basis; these circumstances include but are not limited to, the need to review an overwhelming amount of evidence, if more than one incident occurred between the same complainant and respondent and so on.

Outcome: In conjunction with the Title IX office, senator Jasmine Morrow, found that Ithaca College was already in compliance of the case maximum, as outlined in 2.1.5 of the Sexual Misconduct Policy Manual.

Bill ID: 2021-0004

Status: Drafting | Drafted | Passed | Resolved

Sponsors: Austin Ruffino

Co-Sponsors: Grace Madeya

Description: This Amendment to the Constitution serves to outline a clear process for the resignation of Senators and Executive Board Members from SGC.

Outcome: The SGC Constitution was amended with the outlined changes.

Bill ID: 2021-0005

Status: Drafting | Drafted | Passed | Resolved

Sponsors: Austin Ruffino

Co-Sponsors: Soumyaa Joshi, Abigail Murtha, Connor Shea

Help From: Grace Madeya

Description: This amendment serves to remove the 2.50 GPA requirement for any students seeking candidacy on Student Governance Council through Elections.

Outcome: The SGC Elections Act was amended with the outlined changes.

Bill ID: 2021-0006

Status: Drafting | Drafted | Passed | Resolved

Sponsors: Lila Weiser

Co-Sponsors: Austin Ruffino, Maxwell Powers, Abigail Murtha

Description: This recommendation requests Ithaca College count working the polls on November 3rd, 2020 an excusable absence for Ithaca College students. Ithaca College should explicitly announce this new policy to the campus community to ensure students understand this temporary change.

Bill ID: 2021-0007

Status: Drafting | Drafted | Passed | Resolved

Sponsors: Agnes Scotti, Jordan Wiener, Weiser

Co-Sponsors: Powers, Shea, Elliott Weil, Tommy Socolof, Grey Peckham, Matthew Clement, Maddie Koury, Alexandria Renna, Kelly Campbell, Liza Dhameeth, Ithacapella, IC Voicestream, IC Second Stage, IC Vote

Description: This recommendation requests Ithaca College offer an Optional Excused Absence day on November 3rd, 2020 (Election Day) for those voting or who have voted in the 2020 General Election. Ithaca College should explicitly announce this new policy to the campus community to ensure students understand this temporary change.

Bill ID: 2021-0008

Status: Drafting | Drafted | Passed | Resolved

Sponsors: Jasmine Morrow

Co-Sponsors: Soumyaa Joshi

Description: This recommendation requests that Ithaca College implement required trigger warnings in all aspects of the classroom and offers alternatives for affected students.