Q: Do colleges have to support SGAs financially and if so how much money do they need to provide?
I am the Parliamentarian for Dallas College Richland Campus and we have a financial problem with our college, they are not providing us enough money so that we may do stuff for students on campus and actually make changes, every time we ask them they shrug us off, can we as SGA sue them or demand a certain sum for our SGA, because we have 7 diffrent campuses and we only have 85k to SHARE among eachother. That money is used for trips, booking, lodging, food, etc...
A:
Each year, a portion of a college's student activity fee is allocated to SGA. This is not intended to be the sole source of funding as SGAs are expected to hold their own fund-raising activities throughout the year. Before taking legal action, you need to check to determine whether the $85,000 being allocated represents an accurate calculation of the SGA's share of the student activity fee.
If you were to sue, the next question is how would you fund such a lawsuit? Is there a wealthy benefactor involved, or would you be funding such litigation out of your own pocket? Are there limitations on student organizations suing the college? Is there a risk that the college will simply discontinue SGA?
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