- Forty to fifty minutes of every meeting of the Senate may be devoted to a question period, during which members of the Senate may address questions to the Chancellor and the Chair of the University Committee. Five minutes of the period will be allocated to the President (or representative) of the Student Association.
- Members of the Senate may file questions with the Secretary of the University at least three days prior to the Senate meeting. These questions shall be listed in the order of their delivery to the Secretary, and a document containing these questions shall be given to each member of the Senate at the beginning of the meeting.
- Questions may be addressed to the Chancellor and Chairs of the Committees without prior notice, but priority shall be given to questions filed in advance, and questions without notice shall be presented only after questions on notice have been put.
- Any member of the Senate may ask supplementary questions growing out of the replies to the principal question, but it shall be the duty of the presiding officer to prevent the presentation of supplementary questions from becoming a debate.
- The presiding officer has discretion to extend the question period beyond the time allotted by the standing Rule of the Senate.
(The “Rules for A Question Period,” will be distributed at the first Faculty meeting of each academic year.)
Amended by the Faculty Senate Rules Committee: 09/06/1995; 04/28/2011; 09/06/2012