Student Assembly - Resolution 57 (2025-2026)

Creating an Ad-Hoc Committee for the Review of the Special Projects Funding Guidelines

• Term:
  2025-2026
• Assembly:
  Student Assembly
• Status: Adopted by the Assembly
• Abstract: This resolution acknowledges and affirms the Student Assembly’s ongoing debate of and commitment to equitable restrictions on Special Projects funding. This ad-hoc committee shall author a resolution of recommendations for the future of the Standing Rules’ Special Projects Funding Guidelines.

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  Authoredby: Zora de Rham ‘27

  Endorsed by: Christian Flournoy‘27, Kennedy Young ‘28, Max Ehrlich ‘26, Daniel Addoquaye ’28, Myshay Causey ‘29, Jocelyn Swavy ‘28

  Type of Action: Internal Policy

  Originally Presented: 02/26/2026

  Current Status: Adopted by the Assembly, 12-2-4, 03/26/2026

  Whereas, recent justification for restricting Special Project funding has centered on concerns that the Student Assembly disproportionately funds exclusive or pre-professional organizations in off-campus endeavors,

  Whereas, Special Projects Funds have historically been used to benefit “any Cornell registered student organization”, 

  Whereas, there has been a large amount of concern, contention, and apprehension for the distribution of funds to these organizations within the Student Assembly, particularly over the past two years,

  Be it therefore resolved, the Student Assembly will remain committed to funding organizations equitably and shall take these guiding principles into consideration during ad-hoc committee review,

  Be it further resolved, no rules passed by this assembly, including but not limited to Resolution 43’s contents, shall be construed to prohibit or discourage the approval or disbursement of special project funding to organizations that have a recruitment process strictly for the purposes of serving the mission of supporting marginalized or minority groups,

  Be it further resolved, the Cornell Student Assembly Ad-Hoc Committee for the Review of the Special Projects Funding Guidelines shall be chaired by the Vice President for Finance and staffed by no more than 10 additional members of the Student Assembly.

  Be it finally resolved, the Cornell Student Assembly Ad-Hoc Committee for the Review of the Special Projects Funding Guidelines author a resolution of recommendations for amendments to Special Projects Funding Guidelines by April 23, 2026.

  Respectfully Submitted,

  Zora de Rham ‘27
  President of the Cornell Student Assembly

  Christian Flournoy ’27
  Executive Vice President of the Student Assembly

  Kennedy Young ’28
  Vice President for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Student Assembly

  Max Ehrlich ‘26
  School of Industrial and Labor Relations Representative, Student Assembly

  Daniel Addoquaye ’28
  Vice President for Policy, Student Assembly

  Myshay Causey ‘29
  Freshman Representative, Student Assembly

  Jocelyn Swavy ‘28
  College of Arts & Sciences Representative, Student Assembly

• Resolution File:
  SAR57CreatingAnAdHocCommittee.pdf (193.22 KB)
• Supporting Documents:
• Sponsors: Zora Patterson deRham (zpd3), Christian Elijah Flournoy (cef223), Kennedy Young (ky452), Max Ehrlich (mae222), Daniel Addoquaye (da533), Myshay Causey (mhc238), Jocelyn Swavy (jcs558)
• Reviewing Committee: