Whereas, on April 8th, 2025, the New York Times reported1 that Cornell University would have many of its federal grants paused, amounting to 1 billion dollars in funding being withheld. This report cited two anonymous federal government officials.

Whereas, it is desirous of the Student Assembly to improve the Student Assembly’s engagement with undergraduate students;

Whereas, Cornell was founded on the enduring principle of “any person” and “any study”, which by definition seeks and embraces a diversity of persons and intellectual inquiries, 

Whereas, tolerance and understanding of divergent viewpoints requires: 1) the presence of divergent viewpoints, 2) means of divergent viewpoints to engage constructively, and 3) the lack of requirement or pressure to change viewpoints.

Whereas, on February 24th, 2025, President Kotlikoff returned Resolution 7: Executive Governance Reform, Part 2, requesting changes to the proposed amendment to Article VII, Section 3 of the Bylaws;

Whereas, Article VII, Section 3 of the Bylaws, titled “Infringement of Confidentiality,” pertains to the right of students to dispute actions of the Assembly to the Judicial Codes Counselor (JCC);

Sponsored by: Sowad Ocean Karim, GPSA President; SIPS Community Advocacy 

Whereas, In the weeks following the 2025 United States Presidential inauguration, there have been several Executive Orders aimed to negatively impact the education of undocumented, Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals (DACA), international, refugee, and other immigrant members of the Cornell community.

Whereas, the GPSA’s rollover funds are composed primarily of monies that are unallocated by the Finance Commission and monies that are allocated but not spent and returned to the GPSA at the end of each academic year.

Whereas, rollover funds exists independently of the annual budget of each GPSA committee, byline organization funding, and club funding managed by the Finance Commission.