SAC announces budget crisis, part I of II - Unprecedented budget shortage prompts institution of "Red Zone" funding policy
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the Student Activities Commission’s reported budget shortage and new “Red Zone” funding policy.
- The News-Letter reported that the SAC had $25,376.17 left from the $415,000 allocated for student activities, and that its executive board created the policy during an 8.5-hour meeting.
- The paper reported that the Red Zone applies when less than one-tenth of the annual allocation remains; the policy took effect the previous Thursday, with a General Assembly meeting planned to explain it to student groups.
- The article says the policy stopped funding for nonessential off-campus events, cut speaker and food-trip funding caps by 50 percent, and ended funding for entertainment such as DJs and dances.
- The reporter writes that $125,000 went to Student Council groups, $210,136.26 was awarded in April, and the board later distributed $32,184.96 and $22,302.61 to student groups.
- According to the article, Dean Susan Boswell said the SAC received the budget its outgoing members requested, while the SAC expected to recover some money through an ongoing annual audit.