The Associated Students of Madison Student Council will vote Wednesday on the creation of a new student board to oversee funds from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.
Tom Templeton, ASM vice chair, said he envisions the committee primarily reviewing the student services aspects of the initiative.
He said the committee would assess funding proposals from campus student services and make recommendations to Chancellor Biddy Martin and Dean of Students Lori Berquam about which proposals should be implemented.
According to ASM Shared Governance Committee Chair Melissa Hanley, the proposed student board would work closely with the current Madison Initiative Oversight Committee, which assists Martin in overseeing funds from the initiative and consists primarily of administrators.
Hanley said the new board would be more student-based and would focus mainly on allocating funds to student services.
""The Madison Initiative is affecting the students directly, so students need to voice their opinion on how their money is going to be spent,"" she said.
Templeton said the board would consist of five students appointed from the student body, one current member of the Student Council and ASM Chair Tyler Junger as chair.
Additionally, he said Berquam and three students who serve on the current ASM Madison Initiative Oversight Committee will have speaking power within the new board but will be unable to vote on the actual proposals.
According to Hanley, the board would be temporary and last only one year until ASM officials decide how its official structure should be.
""If council moves to approve [the committee], then we can move forward with appointing students to the board and move forward with getting that process rolling,"" Templeton said.
The bill, which was co-sponsored by Junger, Templeton and Hanley, will be presented to the Student Council at Wednesday's meeting along with a grant proposal for homecoming funds.
