The notice advising members of the Faculty Council
of a matter to be discussed, in addition to stating in substance
the motion, if any, to be offered, shall include a summary of data
which, if studied before the meeting, will contribute to a more
intelligent understanding and analysis of the issues involved.
The Secretary shall use the following form in sending out documents
for the consideration of the Council:
1.
Caption, descriptive of content.
2.
Classification and notice of procedure.
3.
The report, which is to consist of:
a.
date of adoption by recommending body,
if any;
b.
if a catalog change is being proposed,
citation of catalog with page(s) and line(s) to be
changed if change is being proposed;
c.
the recommendations;
d.
the reasons for the proposal.
4.
A statement of the protest procedure in the
case of legislation being acted on by circularization.
5.
Date of filing the report or recommendations
with the Secretary.
6.
Date of distribution.
b.
Proposed legislation shall be classified by the
Secretary for handling as follows:
1.
When circumstances warrant, any of the three
types of legislation described below may also be classified
as emergency legislation. Except for legislation that
is also classified as major [see section (4) below], emergency legislation
approved by the Council may be sent directly to the President,
the UT System Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
and the UT System Board of Regents for adoption without
first being presented to the members of the General Faculty
except as information. It shall be put into operation immediately
upon approval by the Faculty Council, but the President shall
have veto power over all such legislation. Should emergency legislation
later be disapproved by the UT System Executive Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs or the UT System Board of Regents,
it shall cease to be in operation.
2.
Legislation adopted by a college or school
faculty and of exclusive application and of primary interest
only to a single college or school shall be classified as exclusivelegislation. Exclusive legislation
may be approved by the Faculty Council by the circularization
procedure, provided no protest is received from a member
within five working days after circularization. The college
or school faculty is the only source of such legislation.
The colleges in the arts and sciences area are considered
as one college for the purpose of considering legislation
affecting the requirements for the B.A. degree.
a.
The form of the notice
on the circularization procedure shall be as follows: "If
no objection is filed in the Office of the Secretary
within five working days of the date of circularization,
the legislation proposed above will be held to have
been approved by the Faculty Council. If objection
is filed within the prescribed period, the proposed
legislation will be presented to the Faculty Council
at its next meeting."
b.
Should a protest be received,
the legislation shall be brought before a formal
session of the Council.
c.
Should the legislation
be approved by the circularization procedure, it
shall be forwarded to the President, the UT System
Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and
the UT System Board of Regents for action without
being submitted first to the General Faculty except
as information.
3.
Legislation of general interest to
more than one college or school (but not for submission to
the General Faculty) shall be classified as general legislation. General legislation approved by the Council may be sent
directly to the President, the UT System Executive Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs, and the UT System Board of Regents for
adoption without first being presented to members of the General
Faculty except as information. The President has the power to
change the classification from general to major legislation
for ten working days following Council action.
4.
Legislation submitted to the
Faculty Council that must subsequently be submitted to the
entire General Faculty for adoption before being transmitted
to the President, the UT System Executive Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs, and the UT System Board of Regents
for adoption shall be classified as major legislation.
Once the Faculty Council has acted on major legislation,
affirmatively or negatively, the legislation must be submitted
to the General Faculty for final action.
a.
Major legislation approved by
the Faculty Council shall be sent to the members of
the General Faculty with notification by the Secretary
that it will be presented to the President, the UT
System Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
and the UT System Board of Regents for approval as
General Faculty legislation unless signed protests,
in writing, with reasons, have been received by the
Secretary from 25 voting members of the General Faculty
within 10 working days after notification. If sufficient
signed protests are received, the legislation shall
be presented to the General Faculty for discussion
at a meeting which shall be held as early as practicable,
and in no case later than 30 days after the protest
has been made.
b.
Major legislation not approved
or else fundamentally amended by the Faculty Council
shall be sent to the members of the General Faculty
by the Secretary with notification that if protests
of this Council action are received by the Secretary
from 25 voting members of the General Faculty within
10 working days after notification, the legislation
shall be presented to the General Faculty for a decision
at a meeting which shall be held as early as practicable,
and in no case later than 30 days after the protest
has been made.
c.
If legislation is being referred to
the General Faculty because of a protest from a qualified
group of the General Faculty, the Secretary shall so
report and attach to the Council recommendations the
statement of the protesting group.
d.
In the event that the protested legislation
is not considered at a General Faculty meeting due
to lack of a quorum, then the legislation shall be
returned to the Faculty Council for action. The decision
of the Council will be final. The signed protesters
of the legislation shall receive advance notice of
this meeting and be given the opportunity to present
arguments to the Council. If the Council so chooses,
it may call a second meeting of the General Faculty
to consider the protested legislation.
e.
Unless it is also classified as emergency legislation, major legislation
shall not be submitted to the General Faculty
by the no-protest procedure during the months from
June through August.
c.
Before it can be presented to the Faculty Council
for action, each piece of non-emergencygeneral and major legislation
must be studied by a body of General Faculty members, and that
body must report its findings and/or recommendations to the Council.
Legislation that has not previously been studied by a body of the
General Faculty will be referred by the Secretary to such a body
for study before it is presented to the Council for action.
