Voting on the Student Government Association referendums has ended.
The amendment to the Student Government Association, which would raise the GPA requirements for SGA senators and officers, passed with approximately 75 percent approval.
Russell Born, the current president of SGA, is happy with the results.
"I think [SGA is] going forward and setting a much higher and needed bar for GPA of SGA officers," Born said. "It will have a positive impact on the Student Government Association for years to come."
The amendment to eliminate the speaker of the house position, however, did not pass, with only 37.8 percent of approval from voters. Had the position been cut, the $10,000 stipend would have reverted back to the Student Activity Fee and become part of the funds to be distributed next year.
"Some senators thought this might be a way to save money," Dean Stephen Petersen, advisor to SGA, said. "Others, however, thought the position should be retained because it requires a specialized set of skills, so the SGA decided to put it to a vote of the students."
The changes to the SGA constitution will not go into affect until the spring 2014 SGA election.
