S&A Fees

Services and Activities Fees Committee

The Services and Activities (S&A) Fees Committee’s functions are to (1) recommend allocation distributions for the student services and activities fees of the its designated campus, (2) review and approve the S&A fee percentage annually, and (3) determine allocated fee expenditures are in agreement with state law and University policy.

Services and Activities fees are one component of the total tuition and fees that students pay. S&A fees can only be used to support non-academic activities, events, facilities/equipment, and programming.

COMPOSITION & TENURE

The Chancellor shall appoint the Tri-Cities Campus Services and Activities (S&A) Fees Committee as follows:

• • Four at-large students with one-year terms. At least one of the students must be a graduate student
  • A Senator nominated by the ASWSUTC Senate
  • The ASWSUTC President (ex-officio member)
  • The ASWSUTC Vice-President (ex-officio member)
  • A member of the teaching faculty with a two year term
  • A representative from Finance and administration
  • Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs (ex-officio member)

The chair of the committee shall be the ASWSUTC President or designee.

Each member shall have one vote with the exception of the ex-officio members.

A quorum shall consist of six members, a majority of whom shall be students.

MEMBERS

Services and Activities (S&A) Fees Committee Members are as follows:

OPERATING GUIDELINES

WSU General Guidelines for Services and Activities Fee Allocations

SPENDING GUIDELINES

Each year, the Services and Activities Fee Committee proposes and the Board of Regents approves program priorities and corresponding budget levels for University organizations funded by Services and Activities Fees (S&A Fees). The University collects these fees from students at registration and allocates the funds to budgets either as direct allocations from the Board of Regents or indirectly through other organizations. (See RCW 28B.15.041, 28B.15.044, and 28B.15.045.)

In either case, University personnel are responsible for spending the money in an acceptable and appropriate manner, following state of Washington and Washington State University guidelines.

S&A Spending Guide

2022-2023 Committee Meetings:

Meeting Purpose:

Meetings 1: Review Prepare for 2022-2023 allocation discussion

Meeting 2: S&A Training for 2022-2023 requesters

Meeting 3: S&A Training for 2022-2023 requesters

Meetings 4-6: S&A Requester Presentations

Meetings 7-8: S&A Deliberations

MEETING AGENDAS and MINUTES

ELIGIBILITY & PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS

To submit a proposal to the S&A Fee Committee an organization/department will need to complete and submit the ‘S&A Request Spreadsheet’. For assistance in completing these forms please contact the S&A clerk. Once forms have been then the organization/department is required to schedule a presentation lasting no more than 20 minutes and allowing 10 minutes for questions.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)