Student Assembly Resolutions
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| Term | Resolution | Abstract | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | SA R89: Approval of SAIFC’s Spring 2026 Recommendation | This resolution outlines the disbursement of $64,045.84 to 4 applications submitted to the Student Assembly… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R88: Thanking The Cornell Batman for His Service to the Cornell Community | For the last few years, Cornell Batman has been a bastion of school spirit in our community. As he approaches his… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R87: Reprimanding the University for its Antidemocratic Suppression of Free Speech | This resolution reprimands the University for recent actions it took to silence students’ voices, as reported on by the… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R86: Ensuring Efficiency and Accountability in the Distribution of the Student Activity Fee | This resolution amends the Student Assembly Charter to remove the requirement for individual recommendations to be… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R85: Elaborating on Resolution 50: Tri-Semesterly Committee Chair and Liaison Reports | This resolution builds on the amendments to the Student Assembly Bylaws proposed by Resolution 50: Elaborating on… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R84: Clarifying Standards for Student Assembly Communications Materials During Election Season | This resolution seeks to enact amendments to the Student Assembly Bylaws that will clarify the acceptable content of… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R83: Approving Disbursement for Airport Shuttles | This resolution disburses $10,668.87 from the Student Assembly reserves for airport shuttles during finals week. | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R82: Approving the Recommendation from the Ad-Hoc Committee on Special Projects | This resolution approves the recommendations voted upon by the Ad-Hoc Committee on Special Projects, formed by… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R81: Funding of Paid Membership Organizations | This resolution seeks to ensure equity in funding for organizations. Given that the SAF is funded by all students, and… | Rejected by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R80: Transferring Funds to Cornell Minds Matter for Light Up the Season | This resolution transfers funds from the Student Assembly reserve account to Cornell Minds Matter for the purpose of… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R79: Consolidating Student Access to University Resources | A recommendation to Cornell IT to adopt a student-facing software that consolidates university resources into a single… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R78: Recommending an Adequate Provision of Course Information to Students Prior to Course Enrollment | This resolution is a recommendation to faculty to provide an adequate outline of what a student can expect to learn and… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R77: Improving Communication from Housing & Residential Life to Students About Building-Wide Maintenance Issues | Highlighting the lack of status updates regarding building-wide maintenance issues that affect student life in… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R76: Protecting the Student Assembly Reserves | This resolution protects the Student Assembly reserves, likely to be used for supporting by-line organizations and the… | In Discussion |
| 2025-2026 | SA R75: Reassessing the Financial Relationship Between Cornell University and the State of Qatar | In light of reporting from the Cornell Daily Sun and other organizations, this resolution seeks to remove Cornell from… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R74: Transparency in First-Year Program House Access and Placement Outcomes | This resolution requests that Housing and Residential Life, under the Department of Campus Life, provide aggregated and… | Returned by the President |
| 2025-2026 | SA R73: Calling for Cornell to Improve its Land Acknowledgement and Recognize the Benefits Obtained through the Morrill Act of 1862 | This resolution calls on Cornell University to update its land acknowledgement to recognize the dispossession of… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R72: Alleviating Preliminary Examination Overloads | This resolution recommends that in the case that a student has three or more preliminary examinations in a 24-hour… | Deferred by the President |
| 2025-2026 | SA R71: Grade Transparency | This resolution recommends that the University require professors to post final grades on all assignments before… | Returned by the President |
| 2025-2026 | SA R70: The Last Straw: Single-Use Plastic Phaseout | Phasing out single-use plastics through a five-year transition to reusable or BPI-certified compostable alternatives.… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R69: Urging Cornell to Support Higher TCAT Funding | This resolution urges Cornell University to support TCAT in its future negotiations, recognizing that it currently… | Returned by the President |
| 2025-2026 | SA R68: Investigating the Cornell Greek Community Account | This resolution requests information regarding the Cornell Greek Community 501(c)(7) account | In Discussion |
| 2025-2026 | SA R67: Transferring Funds to the Multicultural Greek Fraternal Council | This resolution transfers $60,000 to the Multicultural Greek Fraternal Council (MGFC), contingent upon the passage of… | Adopted by the Assembly |
| 2025-2026 | SA R66: Reassessing Resolution 21: Approving the Recommendation for the 2026-2028 Student Activity Fee | This resolution approves a new recommendation for the 2026-2028 Student Activity Fee. Readjustments are a result of the… | Accepted by the President |
| 2025-2026 | SA R65: Approving Additional Special Projects Request for the Young Democratic Socialists of America | This resolution approves $3309.59 of Special Projects funding for the Young Democratic Socialists of America Cornell… | Adopted by the Assembly |