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Committees |
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(A) |
Committees of the Division. The
following agencies are designated Committees of the Los Angeles Division: Standing
Committees (including the Executive Board), Special Committees of the Division, each
Faculty, the Divisional Legislative Assembly, and Senate Electoral Committees. |
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(B) |
Committee Responsibility and Authority to
Report. Each committee is responsible to the agency establishing it and is
obligated to report its actions to that agency. Except as provided in Divisional Bylaw
65.2(B) (Duties of the Graduate Council), Standing Committees of the Division normally
report to the Division, but they may report concurrently to the Administration, any other
Divisional or University Committee, and, in accordance with Senate Bylaw 115, to the
Assembly of the Academic Senate. Special Committees, the Executive Board, and committees
concerned with faculty governance report directly to the Division. Recommendations made to
an officer of the Administration are reported to the Division when consonant with the
original charge to a committee, unless the nature of the recommendation is for good cause
held confidential. Procedures for standing committees shall be in accordance with Appendix
XV of this Manual. [Am 13 Apr 82, Conforming change 31 Mar 93] |
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(C) |
Right of a Hearing. In accordance
with the Standing Orders of The Regents, each member of the Division shall have the
privilege of a hearing by the appropriate committee or committees of the Division on any
matter relating to personal, departmental, or University welfare. [Bylaws and Standing
Orders of The Regents 103.2] |
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(D) |
Selection of Committee. Unless
otherwise specified, the Divisional Committee on Committees shall select the Chair, Vice
Chair, and members of committees, and shall report such action to the Legislative Assembly
for confirmation. When no provision is made for a Vice Chair in legislation, each
committee is authorized to designate a Vice Chair. [Am 13 Apr 82] |
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(E) |
Composition of Committee |
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(1) |
Each member of a Divisional committee must be a
member of the Academic Senate. Committees may be constituted of any combination of ex
officio, elected, or appointed members, each exercising the same powers, including
the privilege of voting, unless limitations are imposed when the committee is established. |
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(2) |
Membership on the Executive Board,
on the Council on Academic Personnel, or on any Governance Committee (see
Title 7, Senate Governance Committees) of the Senate is incompatible with
service as an administrative officer, as a Department Chair, or as a member
of the Faculty Executive Committee of the School or College. Any such
incompatibility that is not resolved within ten days shall result in
declaration of vacancy by the Committee on Committees under 85.E.2. After
full and open debate, the Legislative Assembly may grant and/or the
Executive Board may grant exceptions. [En 7 Mar 95; Am 11 Feb 03] |
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(3) |
No Chair,
Vice-Chair, or Immediate Past Chair of the Senate, nor any Chair of a
Governance Committee or of the Council on Academic Personnel, shall accept
appointment to an administrative office in the University (not including
Department Chair) for at least one calendar year after leaving office. After
full and open debate, the Legislative Assembly may grant exceptions. [En 7
Mar 95; Am 12 Nov 96; Am 11 Feb 03] |
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The following
committees shall include two graduate and two undergraduate student
representatives: Academic Freedom, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, and
Planning and Budget. The Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Relations
With Schools shall have two undergraduate representatives. The Undergraduate
Council shall have two graduate and four undergraduate student
representatives. The Graduate Council shall have four graduate student
representatives. [Am 19 Nov 85, 24 Jan 89, 18 May 93, 8 Nov 94, 23 May 95] |
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(5) |
The remaining Standing Committees (including the
Executive Board) shall include both a graduate and an undergraduate student representative
with the exception of the following committees: Academic Personnel, Charges,
Committee on Committees,
Faculty Research Lectureship, Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures, Privilege and Tenure,
Rules and Jurisdiction, University Emeriti and Pre-Retirement Relations, and Senate
Electoral Committees. [Am 24 Jan 89, 22 May 90] |
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Committees may invite additional representatives
if desired. Student representatives on committees shall be entitled to representation on
all standing subcommittees. Student representative shall be invited to attend and
participate at all meetings of the committee unless the committee determines that the
subject matter of a meeting is not appropriate for their participation. Graduate and
undergraduate representatives shall be designated by the appropriate graduate and
undergraduate governing bodies of ASUCLA, respectively. The current list of student
representatives shall be notified of the time, place and agenda of each committee meeting
through their respective offices. |
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(7) |
On all votes in Academic Senate committees
attended by student representatives the student votes shall be recorded separately and
reported whenever the recommendation or vote of the committee is presented to the
Legislative Assembly or other Academic Senate bodies advised by such committees. [Am 23
Nov 82] |
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(F) |
Term of Members of Standing Committees.
Unless otherwise specified, each member serves from September first (or from the date
of appointment as a replacement) through August thirty-first of the following year. The
normal period of service on a committee is three years, but limitation or extension of
that period of assignment is at the discretion of the Committee on Committees. |
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(G) |
Tenure of Special Committees. The tenure
of a Special Committee extends until the committee has been discharged by the Division or
the Legislative Assembly. |
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(H) |
Annual Reports of Standing Committees.
The annual reports of Standing Committees (including the Executive Board) are
scheduled for the May meeting or the succeeding Fall meeting of the Legislative Assembly,
whichever is determined by the committee to be most consistent with its charge. |
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(I) |
Records. Each Standing and
Special Committee of the Division shall file copies of its records, including agenda,
minutes, correspondence and reports with the Executive Office of the Academic Senate. |
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(J) |
Use of Ad Hoc and Subcommittees. Each
committee is authorized to establish ad hoc committees from outside the ranks of
its own membership, or subcommittees of its members, to make in-depth studies of specific
issues and report back to the committee for further action on recommendation. In such
instances, the parent committee must take final responsibility for any report to the
Senate and/or Administration issuing from such a study. |
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(K) |
Meetings. Meetings shall be
called by the Chair of the Committee, or in his or her absence, the Vice Chair. [Am 13 Apr
82] |
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(L) |
Conflicts of interest [En 7 Mar
95] |
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(1) |
Every member who receives a stipend, released
time, or any other form of remuneration in connection with Senate service shall at the
earliest opportunity disclose that fact to the Executive Board, which may require further
relevant information; and the Executive Board shall, at least annually, report fully to
the Legislative Assembly, by name, the details of each such case, including compensation
granted under the provisions of 60.B.3. |
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(2) |
Any member of any Standing or Special Committee
of the Division to whom a conflict of interest might reasonably be imputed under (3) below
shall abstain from voting on any measure to which the conflict applies; and shall speak on
it only after declaring and describing the potential conflict. |
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(3) |
A member has a conflict of interest whenever the
matter before the committee: |
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(a) |
involves an individual with whom the member has a personal,
familial, or close professional (e.g., collaborative) relationship; |
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(b) |
involves a colleague in the member's Department of
instruction, except where it is clear that the member would nonetheless be able to act in
the best interests of the University and of the Academic Senate; |
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(c) |
will significantly advantage or disadvantage the member's
Department or other unit; or |
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is one in which the member has a material financial interest. |
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(4) |
A failure to recuse oneself under the
circumstances described in (2) may be challenged by any other member of the committee; and
the committee may, after full and open discussion and by an absolute majority of its
entire membership, exclude the conflicted member from further participation in the matter. |
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(5) |
An exclusion voted under (4) may be appealed. In
the case of the Executive Board, the appeal is to the Legislative Assembly; in the case of
all other committees, to the Committee on Privilege and Tenure, which may either decide
the matter itself or refer it to the Legislative Assembly. The appeal is decided by simple
majority of the votes cast. |
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Faculties of Schools and Colleges |
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(A) |
Membership. The membership of
each Faculty is determined by the Bylaws of the Los Angeles Division and includes the
following persons: |
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(1) |
The President of the University |
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(2) |
The Chancellor |
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(3) |
The Dean of the college or school |
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(4) |
All members of the Division who are members of
departments assigned to the college or school |
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(5) |
Such other members of the Senate as are specified
in Divisional Bylaws 160 through 184 (Membership of Faculties). |
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(B) |
Voting Eligibility. Voting in
Faculties is limited to members of the Academic Senate. [See Divisional Bylaw 5] |
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(C) |
Organization. Subject to the
supervisory and coordinating powers of the Divisional Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
and to the provisions of Divisional and University Senate legislation, each Faculty is
authorized to organize, to select its officers and committees, and to adopt procedural
rules and regulations. The Dean of the college or school is an ex officio member
of the Executive Committee of the Faculty but is not eligible to serve as Chair of the
Faculty except in Faculties of colleges and schools which are substantially coincident
with departments of the same name. The Chair of the Faculty and members of the Executive
Committee are selected by the Faculty. Elections by Faculties of schools and colleges are
conducted by the appropriate secretary in accordance with Divisional Bylaw 150. |
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(D) |
Power and Duties |
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(1) |
The government and supervision of each college
and school at Los Angeles is vested in the Faculty concerned. Except as provided in
Regental Orders, all graduate study and higher degrees are administered in accordance with
the rules and coordinating powers of the Graduate Council. |
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(2) |
Each Faculty is directly responsible to the
Division and may report to it. Faculties may present proposals for modification of
Divisional and Senate legislation to the Legislative Assembly. The Division or the
Assembly of the Academic Senate may from time to time impose specific duties on a Faculty. |
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(3) |
A Faculty may delegate portions of its authority
to its committees or executive officers. |
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(4) |
In individual cases of minor adjustments in the
requirements for the Bachelor's degree, a Faculty may approve petitions of students to
graduate under suspension of Divisional Regulations. |
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(5) |
Final responsibility for approving on behalf of
the Los Angeles Division the award of degrees, certificates, and Honors at Graduation
rests with the Faculty concerned, or with the Graduate Council in the case of higher
degrees. This duty may be delegated to a committee or administrative officer. The list of
persons approved for degrees or credentials is filed with the Secretary of the Division by
the Registrar. |
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(6) |
In the exercise of its jurisdiction over
scholastically disqualified undergraduate students, a Faculty may suspend the regulations
regarding dismissal, or specify conditions for such suspension, and may permit students
dismissed under these regulations to return to the University. |
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(7) |
Agencies and administrative officers empowered by
a Faculty to exercise its authority to administer or suspend regulations regarding
graduation and scholastic disqualification shall report periodically to the Faculty
concerning the discharge of their responsibility. |
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