May 17, 2024
Members of the Los Angeles Division of the Academic Senate:
In accordance with UCLA Academic Senate Bylaws 140 and 155, the following constitutes a distribution by electronic mail of a “Notification of Actions” taken at the Thursday, May 16, 2024, Legislative Assembly. Action items are defined as “any item on the Legislative Assembly agenda, including items on the consent calendar, requiring a vote of approval.”
Materials related to the May 16, 2024, meeting of the Legislative Assembly are available on the Legislative Assembly website.
Any petition by at least one-third of the voting members of the Legislative Assembly on any actions taken by the Legislative Assembly must be received in writing by the Academic Senate Chair within 10 instructional days from the date of distribution of this “Notification of Actions” memorandum. For the May 16 meeting, that date is May 31, 2024.
Minutes become official when the Legislative Assembly approves the document at the subsequent Legislative Assembly meeting. This notification is not a substitute for or an alteration of the requirement to record action items in the meeting minutes.
Sincerely,
Linda Sarna
Secretary, Academic Senate
May 16, 2024, Legislative Assembly Meeting – Notification of Actions
1. Approval of Draft Minutes:
The Legislative Assembly approved unanimously the draft minutes of the April 4, 2024, and May 10, 2024, meetings as part of the Consent Calendar.
2. The Legislative Assembly approved unanimously the following items as part of the Consent Calendar:
- Amendment to Appendix III: Bylaws of the Graduate Council
- Amendment to Bylaw 60: Executive Board
- Amendment to Bylaw 65.2: Graduate Council
- Amendment to Bylaw 65.5: Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools and Repeal of Appendix IV: Undergraduate Requirements
- Amendment to Bylaw 85: Committee on Committees
- Amendment to Department of Management Bylaws
- Establishment of Department of American Indian Studies Bylaws
3. Resolution of No Confidence in Chancellor Block: “Whereas, Chancellor Block failed to ensure the safety of our students and grievously mishandled the events of last week. Resolved, that we make a motion of no confidence in Chancellor Block.” The Legislative Assembly voted 79 Approve, 103 Oppose, 5 Abstain, and 7 were present but did not vote. This resolution required a majority of votes cast to be approved. [AIPSC (2nd ed.) 5.1] As 43% of votes cast were in favor, the Legislative Assembly did not approve the resolution.
4. Resolution to Censure Chancellor Block: “Whereas, Chancellor Block failed to ensure the safety of our students and grievously mishandled the events of last week. Resolved, that we make a motion to censure Chancellor Block.” The Legislative Assembly voted 88 Approve, 88 Oppose, 3 Abstain, and 15 were present but did not vote. This resolution required a majority of votes cast to be approved. [AIPSC (2nd ed.) 5.1] As 50% of votes cast were in favor, the Legislative Assembly did not approve the resolution.
Click here for the PDF.
