Section 1. Title.
This bill may be referred to as the “Budget Reporting Act”.
Section 2. Definitions.
(a) SGA — The term “SGA” shall refer to the Student Government Association of The JohnsHopkins University.
Section 3. Findings and Purposes.
(a) There is little information available to students on how the SGA budget is spent.(b) This bill makes the budget more transparent to improve trust in the SGA.(c) The contents of Section 4 shall be appended to Section 3.2.4 Treasurer of the bylaws.
Section 4. Finance Reporting.
(a) [The Student Body Treasurer’s duties include] Publishing a semesterly budgetsummary at least one week prior to the first day of the fall semester readingperiod for the fall semester. Extensions for this budget may be granted by 2/3rds voteof the Senate.(b) Publishing a semesterly budget summary at least one week prior to the first day ofthe standard spring semester elections season for the spring semester. Extensionsfor this budget may be granted by 2/3rds vote of the Senate.(a) Such summaries must include:(a) Total funds spent and remaining.(b) Breakdown of funds spent and remaining per RSO category.(c) Breakdown of funds spent and remaining per expense category.(a) For example, how much is spent on food, travel, uniforming, etc.(c) Summaries must be published on the SGA website in the form of a spreadsheet and avisualization of the summaries. The details of the visualization are at the discretion ofthe Student Body Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair.(d)(a) All past spreadsheet-formatted summaries must be accessible on the website.
Section 5. Action Items.
(a) By September 30, 2026: The Student Body Treasurer will publish the summary forSpring 2026.
Section 6. Severability.
Should any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of suchprovision or amendment to any person or circumstance be held to be unconstitutional, or theremainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of suchprovision or amendment to any person or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.This bill has yet to be voted on.
Original portions of this work by Sean Durkis-Dervogne, such as non-template section contents,are marked CC0 1.0