In its Wednesday meeting, the Undergraduate Senate (UGS) passed a bill confirming its continued collaboration with the Office of Community Standards (OCS) and called for the reinstatement of University land acknowledgements.

The UGS’ collaboration with OCS also includes the Board on Conduct Affairs (BCA) and is conditional on meaningful progress towards OCS reform this year.

The Joint Bill Affirming Conditional Collaboration With the Office of Community Standards (OCS) and Board on Conduct Affairs (BCA) stated that if progress is not made, nominations to future conduct panels may not be approved. As examples of desired reforms, the bill cited increased communication and better mechanisms for enforcing speedy investigation timelines. 

“My primary view of this bill is that it is giving prior notice to the administration and OCS of levers that we do have, reminding them of that and what we expect out of a system that they expect us to be complicit in,” one of the bill’s authors, Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) executive vice president Will Berriman ’26 said. 

The UGS also passed the Joint Resolution to Support the Reinstatement of Stanford University’s Land Acknowledgement. The resolution supports the Stanford American Indian Organization (SAIO)’s petition to reinstate a land acknowledgement at campus-wide ceremonies.

Since the resolution has been passed by both the UGS and the Graduate Student Council (GSC), it will now be sent to the Faculty Senate and relevant administrators, who will review the request for reinstatement.

UGS chair David Sengthay ’26 said that sending this resolution to the Faculty Senate is important given the administration’s inaction on the issue, even after meetings with SAIO co-chairs and the chairperson of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe.  

The UGS also introduced the Joint Bill to Dissolve the Club Sports Funding Umbrella and Require Direct Team-Level Grant Applications for Transparency and Compliance. This bill will dissolve the Club Sports Council, which currently allocates funds to individual club sports. 

Sengthay said that Club Sports Council has been able to modify the amount of money that can be given to a club from voter-approved budgets, which should not happen without the two-thirds majority approval of the UGS and GSC through the funding chairs, the appropriations committee or the GSC treasurers, as stated in the ASSU Constitution.

“We understand that these weren’t acts of bad faith… we just think that the funding system doesn’t work anymore, and it pays too much discretion to one council that wasn’t beholden to the voters,” Sengthay said.

If this bill is passed, individual club sports will directly apply for funding from the ASSU as independent Voluntary Student Organizations (VSOs) starting in the next academic year. The UGS will vote on the bill next week.