Student Bereavement Policy introduced into SGA House and Senate
By Jordyn Hermani | Published 10/19/15 9:48pm
Student Government Association Senate voted in favor of drafting a Student Bereavement Policy.
The policy would allow students to contact the university in the event of a death in the family and arrange for an alternative method to completing course work in their absence. The vote was tabled in the House in order for members to take policy information back to their RSOs.
Under the guidelines of the policy, students would work with professors and Student Affairs to determine the length of the absence and how school work would be dealt with.
Response from the House and Senate was both largely positive.
Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Tony Voisin defined the policy as a type of “extended leave” for students.