2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin

Section 4–Powers of the Student Council

  1. The Student Council shall appropriate all funds raised by student fees in accord with the purposes set forth in this Charter.
  2. The Student Council may authorize programs and activities for the general benefit of the student body in accord with the purposes of the Student Government defined in this Charter. In addition, the Student Council may certify new clubs if the Judicial Board is inactive.
  3. The Student Council shall appoint by a simple majority vote the student members of all John Jay College bodies containing student representation. Graduate and undergraduate students in good standing as defined in Article III, Section 2, Paragraph C shall be eligible for these positions. The terms of these representatives shall expire with those of the members of the Student Council, and the Student Council shall be empowered to fill any mid-term vacancies or unfilled positions that occur. All student representatives on these bodies shall be required to report monthly to the Student Council and to the permanent Committee on Student Representation regarding the fulfillment of their duties.
  4. The Student Council shall have the power to confirm the nomination of any student to represent the student body at college, university or inter-collegiate meetings and events, including nationally-recognized student organization functions. These representatives shall be required to report back to the Student Council on the fulfillment of their duties.
  5. The Student Council may study and debate any issue or problem pertaining to campus life and student activities. On the basis of such studying or debate, it may adopt such resolutions or make such recommendations to the administration of the College, the faculty, or the student body as it sees fit, provided that it shall not endorse any candidacies for positions on the Student Council.
  6. Within the procedures and requirements established by this Charter, the Student Council may adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations; create such temporary committees; or empower such agents as it deems fit to carry out its duties.