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About Us<\/div>
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WHAT IS STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Student Government Association at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is the shared governance representative of the student body. Wisconsin State Statute 36.09(5), corresponding case law, and UW System policy, grants students the right and responsibility to actively participate in the governance of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. UW-Stevens Point has a long, rich, and innovative history of student governance that began in the 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Branches of government<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Student Government Association is made of three branches of government: the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch and Judicial Branch. The president and vice president of the Student Government Association oversees the Executive Branch, the speaker of the senate oversees the Legislative Branch and the head justice oversees the Judicial Branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SGA COnstitution<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT<\/h2>

The Student Government Association is made of three branches of government: the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch and Judicial Branch. The president and vice president of the Student Government Association oversees the Executive Branch, the speaker of the senate oversees the Legislative Branch and the head justice oversees the Judicial Branch.<\/p><\/div>

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Legislative Branch (Student Senate or General Assembly)<\/summary>
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Primary Role:<\/strong> Policy-making and financial oversight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n