Associated Students Finance Board is the financial arm of the A.S. Legislative Council. Finance Board members work with the A.S. President and Legislative Council to set the annual budget, meet weekly to disburse “unallocated” funds, advise student organizations, and conduct financial workshops. Finance Board allocates money each year to help fund on-campus groups and programs that also directly benefit the larger community.

Finance Board is responsible for all budget allocations of Associated Students monies and implementation (education and enforcement of A.S. Financial Policies and Procedures). In addition, Finance Board is responsible for approving all travel and entertainment for all A.S., except in certain circumstances. Legislative Council, via the approval of Finance Board minutes, must approve all motions and allocations made by Finance Board.

This past year Finance Board was faced with reduced resources. In response to these challenges, this year’s mandatory workshops for groups requesting funds focused more on finding alternative sources of funding.

In a bid to raise more money to fund student organizations the Board placed a new lock-in initiative on the spring ballot. The lock-in was passed. It will raise significant additional funds and is a ringing endorsement of the work A.S. does for students!