The University Senate passed several resolutions to amend the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate during its regular meeting on Monday, March 9, 2026. Details and full resolution documents are linked below:

• The Senate Scholastic Standards committee passed an amended resolution to update the Part-Time Dean’s List language (Article II.F.1). The full resolution is available here.
• The Senate Scholastic Standards committee presented and passed by 2/3rds majority vote to amend the Senate By-Laws (Article II.E.1) to include updated language and a chart of information. The full resolution is available here.
• The Senate CCC+ Committee presented and passed by 2/3rds majority vote to amend the Senate By-Laws (Article Ii.C.2.b) to remove language linking the Information, Digital, and Medial Literacy and Dialogue (IDML) competency directly within TOIs. The full resolution is available here.

During a regular meeting of the University Senate on Monday, February 2, 2026, the University Senate passed the following resolutions:

• Motion to amend the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate, Article II.A.1 (Admissions; Minimum Requirements) to update the way in which Mathematics requirements are described for admission to UConn. The full resolution can be found here.
• An omnibus motion presented by the Senate CCC Committee to amend the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate. The full resolution can be found here.
• A motion raised as New Business during the December 2, 2025 Senate meeting and tabled to discussion at the February 2, 2026 meeting. This motion was amended and approved as below by voice vote:
  • The Senate requests information on the effects of the University’s 5-year fiscal plan and changes in IDC allocations. We request information on changes that have already occurred, changes that are in progress, and changes that are anticipated to occur in the next two years.
  • Our request includes (but is not limited to) the following information, broken down by school or college and by campus:
    • Change (number and proportion) in filled tenure-track faculty positions
    • Change (number and proportion) in filled CIRE faculty positions and adjunct faculty positions
    • Change (number and proportion) in filled staff positions
    • Change (number and proportion) in filled graduate teaching assistant positions
    • Changes in the use of undergraduate teaching assistants (regardless of exact name used)

During a regular meeting of the University Senate on Monday, December 1, 2025, the University Senate passed a resolution to update language in various sections of Article II of the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate so that all language referencing “academic notice” and dismissal procedures matches the new language in Article II.E.13  passed by the Senate on April 1, 2024.

The full motion can be found here. The motion passed unanimously by voice vote.

During its meeting on September 17, 2025, the UConn Board of Trustees passed recommendations to update the University of Connecticut By-Laws, Article IX governing the University Senate that had been put forward by the University Senate on April 15, 2025.

Important changes approved:

• Changes to Senate Membership Constituencies, such as:
  • One additional seat added to the Deans Constituency to be reserved for the Regional Campus Deans
  • Faculty, Staff  and Student Representation updated to change in accordance with faculty and staff populations (1 seat for every 25 faculty members; 1 seat for every 125 staff members; 1 seat for every 2500 undergraduate or graduate students)
  • New constituency added for Staff titled “Support Services” to ensure representation of units not previously included in Senate staff constituency seats
• Changes to SEC Representation & Chair Elections:
  • Total number of CLAS faculty representatives reduced from four to three
  • Requirement added to guarantee representation from a faculty member primarily based on a Regional Campus
  • New “Vice Chair” and “Past Chair” roles added to the SEC, bot h to ensure that the Chair is fully trained when taking the role, and to ensure there is consistency of information as leadership transitions take place. The role of Vice Chair of Past C hair is also designed to stand in for the Moderator as needed
• Election protocols updated so that vacancies may be filled more efficiently both for the constituencies and SEC
• Recusal rules added for Committee of Three

Presented at a Special Meeting on March 31, 2025 and passed as amended on April 7, 2025, two motions to update by-laws governing the University Senate were passed:

• Recommendation to the UConn Board of Trustees to update the University By-Laws, Article IX, “The University Senate”
• Resolution to Change the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate, Article I

Combined, these two resolutions propose changes to the governance of the University Senate for clarity, simplicity, modernization, and flexibility. The Senate By-Laws will be updated on the Policy website to reflect these changes at the start of the AY 2025-2026, and the Recommendation to the UConn Board of Trustees to update the University By-Laws, Article IX will be moving through the approval process with the UConn Board of Trustees during the summer. Once approved, updates will be shared on the Senate website.

During its regular meeting on April 7, 2025, the University Senate approved two resolutions presented by the Scholastic Standards Committee to amend the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate, Article II. E.9 (Attendance) and Article II.B.2 (Readmission).

Summary of Changes:

• Article II.B.12 (Readmission): language updated to match current readmission practices, which do not include criminal history as a part of the evaluation process. The full resolution is available here.
• Article II.E.9 (Attendance): language updated for clarity around how instructors are to manage class sessions affected by University closings. The full resolution is available here.

During its regular meeting on February 3, 2025, the University Senate approved an Omnibus Resolution presented by the CCC+ Committee to amend the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate, Article II, C.2.a – d.

The Omnibus proposal included suggested changes to the following:

• TOI  Clean-Up (TOI-6 lab requirement and Focus Area language)
• 40-credit requirement
• Reserve Caps (add 25% availability for 1000-level courses)
• Catalog year (clarify language around additional flexibility)
• CC exemption for transfer-oriented students
• CCC+ membership (add Themes)

Article II.C.2.c.Courses (related to Reserve Caps) was amended on the floor. The Omnibus motion passed as amended. The full resolution can be found here. These changes will be reflected in the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate when they become activated in the fall 2025 semester.

Additional information is available on the Common Curriculum website.

The Senate Scholastic Standards Committee presented a motion to the University Senate during its regular meeting on December 3, 2024, to propose updates to the language of the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate to integrate governance of academic dates for both summer and winter programs. This change also codified Juneteenth (June 19th) as a non-teaching holiday effective in June 2025.

The full resolution language, including vote counts can be found here.

During its regular meeting on April 1, 2024, the University Senate passed a motion presented by the Senate Scholastic Standards Committee initiating several changes to the Bylaws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate II.E.13. Scholastic Standing & Dismissal. These bylaw changes will come into effect starting in Fall 2024.

Overview of Bylaw Changes:

• Name changes of overall process:
  • Rename “scholastic standing” to “academic standing” when referring to the overall process or individual academic standings
  • Rename “scholastic probation” to “academic Notice”
• Removal of scholastic warning standing and credit-based scholastic standing criteria
• Change in minimum required time away from UConn after dismissal:
  • Reducing the minimum required time away for students following academic dismissal from 2 semesters to 1 semester after the first academic dismissal and from 8 semesters to 4 semesters for second academic dismissal.
• Clarifying language added regarding the impact of summer and winter classes on academic standing
• Change in how a student is returned to good academic standing:
  • Both semester GPA (sGPA) and cumulative GPA (cGPA) must be above 2.0 for a student to return to good standing, regardless of the number of earned credits
  • No student with at least a 2.3 sGPA average after completing all courses for which they are registered at the end of a semester is subject to dismissal; the student will be continued on academic notice if such status is warranted, until both the sGPA and cGPAs are at least 2.o.
• Moving language about end of semester to II.H.1: University Calendar
• Small edits to readmission language to more accurately reflect the holistic readmission process for dismissed students.

The full motion language can be viewed here and the University Senate bylaws will be updated to reflect these changes before they come into effect for Fall 2024.