Article V-Qualifications for Officials
Article V-Qualifications for Officials
Section 1: Candidacy Qualifications
- All candidates for executive offices in the Student Government Association of Jackson State shall be full-time (12 credit hours or more) students as defined in the Jackson State catalog and shall be in "good standing" with the student body, faculty and administration.
- All candidates for an executive office as defined shall be required to have a minimum 2.50 cumulative average, and must maintain a minimum 2.50 average while in office. All sophomore elected or appointed commissioners of the Student Government Association of Jackson State shall be required to have a 2.00 cumulative average, and must maintain a 2.00 average while in office. All first semester freshmen elected or appointed shall be required to have an overall "C" average in high school and must maintain a 2.00 average during their term of office.
- No student shall hold more than one (1) elected or appointed office of the Student Government Association of Jackson State at one (1) time. Executive office holders in the SGA are not permitted to hold a major office in other campus clubs.
- To remain in office, each executive officer must maintain full-time student status during tenure of office. Commissioners may be part-time students.
- Any candidate desiring his/her name on the official ballot must submit to the Office of the Director of Athletics and Student Activities a petition exhibiting name, office desired and the signature of twenty-five (25) students of Jackson State.
- The candidacy pool for SGA Commissioners shall be determined by enrollment needs.