THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

 

Section 1: The DSHE Executive Board shall consist of the following officer positions: President, Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Executive Liason.

Section 2: Executive Board Members must be chosen in an election format open to all members of the group. Every effort will be made to notify all current voting members of said election and, further, to reasonably accommodate the needs of all members desiring to participate.

 The Operating Principals of the Disabled Students in Higher Education are:                       

  1. To provide a forum to voice issues that are vital to disabled students at secondary education.
  2. To act as a liaison between the government and disabled students.
  3. To give disabled students a positive role model.

To provide the disabled means to network with the enabled and the disabled 

BYLAWS

 

Section 1: The Bylaws shall at all times reflect the current working order of DSHE. The Bylaws are intended to be flexible and change with the organization, not to keep the organization to one method when another might work best. The Bylaws are intended to instead illuminate the inner workings of the Organization and keep the administration clear and transparent, not to limit what the Organization may do.

 

Section 2: The Bylaws at all times shall contain the following definitions and specifications. No proposed change that removes any of the following things and does not replace them with another bylaw sufficient to the standards of the Constitution shall be enacted. Constitutionally mandated bylaws shall have changes go into effect a month after such changes are voted through, during which time the Organization may vote to rescind that change at another regular meeting with another majority vote.

 

Section 3: A definition of announced and published shall at all times exist in the Bylaws of the Organization. "Announced" shall consist of some method of directly contacting all members, by a messaging system or some other means. "Published" shall be placing the information in a publicly accessible place, either electronically or otherwise, such that all members and others have access to the information published. The Bylaws have the responsibility of defining these terms specifically to meet these general criteria.

 

Section 4: A definition of a regular meeting shall at all times exist in the Bylaws of the Organization. Such meetings should occur at regular intervals during the semester.

 

Section 5: Hazing is strictly prohibited in the State of Missouri and by the University. Hazing is defined as any willful act, occurring on or off the campus of an educational institution, directed against a student or a prospective member of an organization operating under the sanction of an educational institution, that recklessly endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student or prospective member for the purpose of initiation or admission into or continued membership in any such organization. Hazing is a class C Felony.

A. Acts of hazing include, but are not limited to:

 

1. Any activity that recklessly endangers the physical health or safety of the student or prospective member, including but not limited to physical brutality, whipping, beating, branding, exposure to the elements, forced consumption of any food, liquor, drug, or other substance

2. Any activity that endangers the mental health of the student or prospective member, including but not limited to sleep deprivation, physical confinement, or other extreme stress inducing