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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Student Government senators unanimously supported increasing funding for the Disability Resource Center at a Senate meeting Tuesday night.

Senators also passed a resolution — a written statement with no legislative weight — to raise awareness of the financial hardships undergraduate international students face.

Sen. Felipe Gatos (Inspire, District D), who also serves as the president of the Brazilian Student Association, said he noticed a lack of scholarships and work opportunities available to these international students.

“I don’t think any student should have to choose between paying for rent, food and education,” he said.

Senators also unanimously passed bills that will change election codes, including a neutrality act used to ensure the future members of the elections commission and the supervisor of elections have no affiliation with a political party or independent candidate. Another approved bill stated no candidate or representative of a political party can coerce, intimidate or threaten a student or a member of a student organization.

Sen. Ben Lima (Inspire, District D) said he wrote these acts to fix some problems he saw with the election codes after serving for two semesters as Inspire Party’s president.

“The codes aren’t going to be perfect, and every once in a while you have to take a look at them,” Lima said. “The codes are necessary. We should be trying to improve our democracy and our laws.”

Contact Christina Morales at cmorales@alligator.org. Follow her on Twitter at @Christina_M18

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