First Reading: 10-15-13
Second Reading: 10-15-13
Pass: Yes
Fail:
Other:
Bill 2-13-F. Funding for the Identification Vouchers Program
PURPOSE: For the Student Government Association of Western Kentucky University to allocate $500.00 for the creation of a pilot program for identification vouchers.
WHEREAS: The money will come from the legislative discretionary budget, and
WHEREAS: The Student Government Association will pay for $10.00 of a normally priced identification card, and
WHEREAS: The identification voucher pilot program will partially cover the cost of 50 (fifty) student identification cards, and
WHEREAS: Identification cards are a necessary item that all students of Western Kentucky
University need to possess to take advantage of requirements from professors, meal plans, and to enter residence halls, and
WHEREAS: The identification voucher will only be available to students of Western Kentucky
University, and that have identification cards that normally cost $20.00 through the ID Center, and
WHEREAS: The identification voucher will only be available to students who have never lost their identification card before, and
WHEREAS: The identification voucher will not be available to students that have lost their identification card more than one time and/or need to replace their identification card, and
WHEREAS: Students will have to come to the Student Government Association office to receive the identification voucher, and
WHEREAS: After receiving the voucher from the Student Government Association office the student will have to go to the ID Center to redeem the voucher, and
WHEREAS: The ID Center will check their system to ensure that the student redeeming the identification voucher has never lost their identification card, and
WHEREAS: The ID Center in correlation with the Student Government Association office will keep records of the students who have redeemed the identification voucher, not including those who have lost their identification card more than one time, and

WHEREAS: By a week after the end of both the fall and spring semesters, the Student
Government Association of Western Kentucky University will forward the amount of money that is owed to the ID Center, based off the amount of identification vouchers redeemed that semester.
THEREFORE: Be it resolved that the Student Government Association of Western
Kentucky University will allocate $500.00 to fund the identification voucher program.
AUTHORS: Nicki Seay
SPONSOR: Student Affairs
CONTACTS: Gary Meszaros
Sherry Blanton
Stephanie Scott
Megan Skaggs
Keyana Boka