2024-26 Motions Passed by the Faculty Senate

All motions passed by the Faculty Senate in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 years are listed below. Clicking on the motion should permit you to view the motion.

When motions make recommendations to people or groups outside the Faculty Senate, the Faculty Senate President sends the motion to the appropriate person or group and requests a response.

In the table below, motions that involve recommendations made to external groups have entries in columns after the date the motion is passed. Motions that have no entries after the date the motion is passed require action(s) on the part of the Faculty or Faculty Senate Committees only.

2025-26

Motion	Date Motion Passed	External Person or Group Sent To	Date of Reply	Recipient Response
Form Working Group of FS to Write Motions from Promotions Committee Report	9 Sep 25
Sabbaticals for Fall 2026	23 Sept 25	Provost Deans, Chairs, School Directors - to be received from Provost	24 Sept 25	Provost: accepted
Reorganizing the GEOC Subcommittees	14 Oct 25
Clarifying the Structure of the Retrenchment Committee	28 Oct 25	this proposed change must be approved by the Faculty via a vote that will be organized by M&E (this is typically done at the end of the spring semester)
Adding the General Education Program Director to the GEOC and to the UAAC	11 Nov 25
Revisions to the Consortium Bylaws (removes standing committees)	25 Nov 25
Adding FARC to Review of Honorary Degrees in Faculty Handbook (making FS Bylaws and Faculty Handbook consistent)	25 Nov 25	Provost
Announcing Sabbatical Awards Earlier	9 Dec 25	Provost President	Provost: 19 Dec 25 President: 17 Feb 26	Provost: Accepted President: Accepted
Making T&P Files Available to Reviewers Earlier	9 Dec 25	Provost	19 Dec 25	Provost: Accepted
FWC Recommendation Regarding Merit Pay and Training	10 Feb 26	Provost
Update Ex-Officio Titles for the GEOC and FDC in the Faculty Senate Bylaws	10 Feb 26
FS Long Range Academic Planning Committee (LRAP) and the Strategic Plan	03 Mar 26	Strategic Plan Steering Committee
Broad Dissemination of the Strategic Plan and Collaboration with the Faculty	03 Mar 26	SU President Strategic Plan Steering Committee

2024-25

Motion	Date Motion Passed	External Person or Group Sent To	Date of Reply	Recipient Response
Guidelines for Early Promotion	8 Oct 24	Provost	13 Mar 25	Accepted
Create AdHoc Committee to Continue Work of SAC on Faculty Pay and Benefits	8 Oct 24
Religious Accommodations	22 Oct 24
Accept APR Guidelines	12 Nov 24
AdHoc Committee Report on Student Evaluations	18 Feb 25	Provost All Academic Depts
Increased Campus-Wide Platforms for SU Center for International Education	25 Feb 25	Provost	13 Mar 25	Accepted
LRAP's Involvement with Blueprint for Maryland's Future	4 Mar 25
Data Transparency for Salary and Position Growth	11 Mar 25	VP A&F
Budget Transparency from the Vice President of Administration and Finance	11 Mar 25	VP A&F
Administrative Positions Justifications	25 Mar 25	Provost President Multiple VP - to be received from President	24 Oct 25 (Pres)	President: Not Accepted
Merit Pay and Training	8 Apr 25	Provost
Amending the Structure of the Salisbury University Consortium	15 Apr 25	5 Campus Governance Bodies
Continue Work from the AdHoc Committee on Faculty Pay and Compensation	6 May 25
Avowing Support for Full Time Non-Tenure Track Faculty	6 May 25	Provost
An Action Plan for Faculty Not Meeting Expectations	6 May 25	Provost
Pre and Post-Assessment of General Education Designated Courses	6 May 25	Provost	21 Sept 25	Accepted Motion 9-21-25
Keep Faculty Involved in Budget Decisions During Summer	13 May 25	Provost	21 Sept 25	Accepted
Restore First-time Sabbaticals	13 May 25	Provost	21 Sept 25	Accepted
Retaining SU's FTNTT Faculty	13 May 25	Provost
Reduce Time-to_PIN for FTNTT Faculty	13 May 25	Provost
Clearer Communication and Cooperation in Decision Making	13 May 25	Provost	21 Sept 25	Accepted
Mutual Budget Challenge Considerations	13 May 25	President Provost	24 Oct 25 (Pres)	President: Returned to FS

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