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Rules of the Senate

    2.2 Composition

    The KCTCS Senate is composed of elected and ex officio members.

    2.2.1    Elected Membership

    The elected membership shall consist of three senators from the full-time faculty of each college and an additional senator(s) for each twenty-five or major fraction thereof (13 or more) full-time faculty members above the first twenty-five. At least one of the elected representatives shall be in the occupational/technical program area and one in the general education area. At the time of the election, the faculty of each college shall designate senators from those elected to serve as members of the KCTCS Council, the Curriculum Review Committee, and the KCTCS Rules Committee.

    1. Eligibility: The faculty of each college shall be responsible for certification of the eligibility list. Prior to the local college elections, the college president, or their designee, shall submit the certified eligibility list to the Secretary of the KCTCS Senate.
    2. Election: The faculty of each college shall nominate and then elect its Senators by secret ballot. The election shall be conducted during the Spring Term at a meeting called by the chair of the college faculty or via an alternative voting procedure approved by the college faculty. The results of the election shall be reported to the Secretary of the KCTCS Senate by the last day of the Spring Term. Those elected shall assume office on August
    3. Terms: Each elected Senator shall serve for a term of two years and shall be eligible for re-election for a second consecutive term., but Senators who have served as members of the KCTCS Council or any Standing Committee of the KCTCS Senate for two consecutive terms are ineligible for further re-election until one year has elapsed. Any elected Senator who has not served as a member of the KCTCS Council or any Standing Committee of the KCTCS Senate for all or part of two consecutive terms shall be eligible to be re-elected for up to two additional terms, after which they shall be ineligible for re-election to the KCTCS Senate until one year has elapsed.
    4. Vacancies: In the event a vacancy occurs among the elected membership of the Senate, an election to fill the vacancy shall be conducted at a special meeting called by the chair of the college faculty or via an alternative voting procedure approved by the college faculty, upon which the newly elected member shall fill the remainder of the unexpired term. (See I, 2.21 (a) (b)).

    2.2.2    Ex Officio Membership

    The ex officio membership shall consist of the Provost and Vice President of Student and Academic Affairs; the Secretary of the KCTCS Senate; the Chair of the Advisory Committees to the Senate; faculty members elected to the KCTCS Board of Regents; KCTCS student representatives elected to the KCTCS Board of Regents; and the president of the student body of each college. Ex officio members of the KCTCS Senate shall enjoy all privileges of elected members with the exception of voting privileges.