262.34B - STUDENT FEE COMMITTEE. - Iowa Statutes

262.34B STUDENT FEE COMMITTEE. 1. A student fee committee composed of five students and five university employees shall be established at each of the universities governed by the board as identified in section 262.7, subsections 1 through 3. The five student members of the student fee committee of each university shall be appointed by the recognized student government organization of each university. The five university employees shall be appointed by the president of the university. 2. The student fee committee shall consider any proposed student activity changes at the university and shall make recommendations concerning student activity fee changes to the president of the affected university for review no later than April 15 of the year which includes the subsequent academic period in which the proposed fee change will take effect. The student fee committee shall provide a copy of its recommendations to the recognized student government organizations at each university and those organizations may review the recommendations and provide comment to the president of the university and the state board of regents. The president of the university shall transmit the recommendations of the student fee committee and the president's endorsement or recommendation to the state board of regents for consideration. The president of the university shall transmit a copy of the president's endorsement or recommendation to the recognized student government organizations for the university. 3. The state board of regents shall make the final decision on student activity fee changes. The state board of regents shall forward a copy of the committee's recommendations, the president's endorsement or recommendation, the recognized student government organization's comments, and its decision regarding student activity fee changes to the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint education appropriations subcommittee. 4. This section does not apply to fees charged for purposes of acquisition or construction of self-liquidating and revenue-producing buildings and facilities under sections 262.35 through 262.42, 262.44 through 262.53, and 262.55 through 262.66; or acquiring, purchasing, leasing, or constructing buildings and facilities under chapter 262A.          Section History: Recent Form 92 Acts, ch 1246, § 39