The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary Committee ruled to dismiss the Roman Catholic Foundation-UW-Madison's appeal against the Student Services Finances Committee Thursday, citing revised bylaws still rule the religious group ineligible for student funding.
SSFC ruled in late February RCF-UW failed to meet funding eligibility requirements to receive funding from student-segregated fees. RCF-UW appealed the decision, citing they did not receive neutral"" hearing from SSFC.
The ruling from the Student Judiciary committee stated RCF-UW's appeal lacked sufficient evidence, supporting SSFC's decision to deny funding due to a lack of new information that would qualify the group for seg fee funding.
RCF-UW's complaint alleged SSFC's denial of funding prohibits them from educating the student body about Catholicism. If the group was denied funding because of a religious element, the ruling would be in violation of the ASM constitution.
The complaint also alleged that SSFC used different criteria to rule on their case than was applied to other groups seeking funding.
However, the Student Judiciary committee's decision states, ""Denying RCF funding does not violate their basic human rights of an education. The viewpoint of Catholicism can still be spread across the campus without GSSF funding.""
The Student Judiciary committee's ruling also said RCF-UW was held under the same standard of all funding applicants and dismissed the group's claim.
RCF-UW was denied funding for the 2008-'10 academic years by SSFC for the third time Feb. 25, when SSFC said the religious student organization failed to fulfill eligibility requirements.
