ASMSU services will undergo scrutiny next fall by a new committee formed Tuesday night.
A bill to form a committee to evaluate the effectiveness of ASMSU's services was proposed to Academic Assembly for the second time this semester at the Tuesday meeting.
MSU's undergraduate student government provides legal services, blue books and funding for campus events. ASMSU taxes undergraduate students $13.75 each semester.
Although the assembly rejected a similar bill, 8-10, in February, the new bill passed unopposed.
"This is almost exactly the same thing," said James Madison College Representative Jessica Hancock, who introduced the revised bill. "We wanted to make sure this is actually what people wanted to happen."
Hancock said it was important for the bill to be debated before the new assembly takes over on April 20, because new members might let the issue slide until late next school year.
In February, many assembly members said they were concerned that Academic Assembly had too many committees. Academic Assembly has almost 20 committees that meet from every week to less than once a semester.
"We should be reviewing our current ones before bringing up even more committees," James Madison College Representative Adam Raezler said in February.
He voted against the bill then, but supported the new bill. College of Natural Science Representative Andrew McCoy voted similarly, supporting Tuesday's bill.
"They're a little bit different," McCoy said. "This one is more of a review of the services, the other seemed to be another committee that wouldn't get much done."
McCoy said the layout of the new committee was better planned and more likely to follow through on its goals of evaluating services.
"It encompasses more," he said. "The other didn't warrant the amount of time that would be spent in committee."
The committee also will review the ASMSU Constitution.
Raezler said the constitution hasn't been looked at in several years, although between the two assemblies this year, all of the organization's other codes have been edited.
"This gives the new assembly something to charge with," Raezler said. "It's a great way to end off the year."
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