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MSCSA Vice President Kerrie Maleski MSCSA Director of Policy Hali Kolkind This workshop gives students a clear understanding of the MSCSA Platform document, what changes are being proposed and why.
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Platform
Jeopardy!
State Issues
Local &
Campus
Issues
MnSCU
Platform
Document
Federal
Issues
100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500
Round 1
FINALJEOPAR
DY!
Final Jeopardy
These two student associations
merged to form the MSCSA in
1998.
Final Jeopardy
What are the Minnesota Community College Student Association (MCCSA) and the Minnesota Technical College Student Association (MTCSA).
Proposed Platform Document Changes
The First Peek September 2014
Platform Document• The MSCSA Platform Document
guides our decision making. It outlines broadly what we support and what we oppose as an association.
• Every year, this document is reviewed and revised.
• This document is ESSENTIAL to the association, and YOU are getting the opportunity to change it and make it stronger.
Revision Process• The Policy Team within the MSCSA
office brings forth suggestions.• Suggestions are then brought to
Platform Committee.• Suggestions brought to GA.• September: first look, changes can be
made by amending recommendations only by Platform members.
• October: second and final look, all changes made final. By any delegate.
How do I read the edits?
Article III: State Legislative Issues
Article III Continued
Article III Continued
Article III Continued
Article IV: Local and Campus Issues
• Section A: Local and Campus Student Issues–MSCSA Supports:• 22. Improved system-wide training for
campus academic advisors.
Article VI: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)
A 100 Answer
MSCSA supports lowering the legal age for running
for state and local elected office to
this age.
A 100 Question
What is 18?
A 200 Answer
MSCSA supports increased funding
and expanded eligibility for this
program.
A 200 Question
What is the State Work Study program?
A 300 Answer
MSCSA opposes making these fees optional.
A 300 Question
What are student life fees?
A 400 Answer
MSCSA supports these type of funds
to allow campuses to engage in demolition and comply with the
ADA.
A 400 Question
What are HEAPR funds?
A 500 Answer
MSCSA supports the prioritization of
using these types of bonds for the
construction of new student/wellness
centers.
A 500 Question
What are general obligation bonds?
B 100 Answer
Increases to these two fees should require senate
approval.
B 100 Question
What are technology and student fees?
B 200 Answer
The MSCSA opposes higher
tuition costs and/or fees for
this type of class.
B 200 Question
What is online/distance?
B 300 Answer
The MSCSA supports these people
controlling student money.
B 200 Question
Who are students?
B 400 Answer
Where a campus has an FYE of at
least 500, MSCSA supports locating
these there.
B 400 Question
What are polling stations?
B 500 Answer
Minnesota Statute 201.1611 and the
federal Higher Ed Act require that colleges
provide these to students for elections.
B 500 Question
What are voter registration
cards?
C 100 Answer
MSCSA supports the continuation of this many voting student members
on the MnSCU Board of Trustees.
C 100 Question
What is 3?
C 200 Answer
The MSCSA supports a
system-wide application
process with this type of fee.
C 200 Question
What is one-time fee?
C 300 Answer
MSCSA Opposes the construction of revenue fund projects without the support of these people.
C 300 Question
Who are local students?
C 400 Answer
The MSCSA supports the appointment of at
least one MSCSA member to serve on
the search committee for this person of
power.
C 400 Question
Who is the Chancellor or
Vice-Chancellor?
C 500 Answer
The MSCSA supports the development of
system-wide criteria for setting
these types of tuition rates.
C 500 Question
What is differential tuition?
D 100 Answer
This body has the power to amend
the platform document.
D 100 Question
Who is the General Assembly?
D 200 Answer
Most platform document
changes are proposed upon
this committee’s recommendation.
D 200 Question
Who is the Platform
Committee?
D 300 Answer
Encompassing specific, short-
term stances, this guides MSCSA’s
annual legislative work.
D 300 Question
What is the legislative agenda?
D 400 Answer
The General Assembly meets
twice annually, but only amends the
Platform Document at this event.
D 400 Question
What is the Fall General
Assembly/Minnesota Student Leadership Summit?
D 500 Answer
This person chairs the Platform Committee.
D 500 Question
Who is the Vice President (Kerrie
Maleski)?
F 100 Answer
The MSCSA supports a minimum of this number of months to repay all student
loans, excluding the grace period.
F 100 Question
What is 12 months?
F 200 Answer
The MSCSA supports this age for independent student status.
F 200 Question
What is 19?
F 300 Answer
MSCSA supports entitlement
status for this program.
F 300 Question
What is the Pell Grant Program?
F 400 Answer
The MSCSA supports timely
disbursements of financial aid by
this day of classes.
F 400 Question
What is the tenth day?
F 500 Answer
The MSCSA supports making this financial aid tool mandatory for all colleges
across all sectors
F 500 Question
What is the U.S. Department of
Education Shopping Sheet?