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The Student Association Senate concluded its final meeting of the term Monday by unanimously passing 13 pieces of legislation, more than any other meeting this year.

The senate approved legislation regarding allocating funds to student organizations, increasing advocacy for diversity and inclusion through the formation of a new committee and implementing graduate student housing during the meeting. The meeting, which marked the end of graduating senators’ SA tenures, also tabled departing SA President Christian Zidouemba’s Student Court nominations, rejecting his nominees and allowing incoming SA President Arielle Geismar to determine the court’s composition.

The Senate approved the General Allocation Part I Act, approving the SA to distribute $459,000 to student organizations for the fall semester. Nathan Nguyen, the director of the SA's Legislative Budget Office, said the office received 280 student organization funding applications for next semester, a slight decrease from the 296 applications recorded last cycle. He said student organizations requested a total of $1.7 million in funding in their applications.

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