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Vice Chair Cheyenne Arlington told members the bylaws committee had simplified language, added definitions and updated institutional names, and that the draft needed one more pass and review in a second meeting before referral to the Board of Regents for approval.

Cheyenne asked members to prioritize a short set of questions the committee had prepared and said the draft includes an addendum of definitions and a list of items the committee thought needed clarification. Committee member Donna said the group should focus on the questions because of limited time and should emphasize meeting attendance rules.

Members agreed that posting the bylaws or sending them with meeting notes would help substitutes and new members understand procedures. The group also agreed there should be a method for signatory acknowledgement of the bylaws for accountability, though the SAC did not adopt new language at the meeting.

Several students asked that SAC expand outreach and clarify the committee’s role so that representatives understand the advisory group’s authority and responsibilities. Louis Sanchez said SAC members can exercise influence on tuition and system policies by coordinating positions across campuses and that the committee would prepare materials explaining SAC’s role to share with member campuses.

The committee proposed inviting Connecticut State President Maduco to speak to SAC about planned changes to campus leadership and the multi‑campus president model; SAC leadership said they would schedule that meeting. The group also discussed shifting to more frequent (biweekly) meetings to finish bylaws work, and organizers said they would send a follow‑up email proposing a biweekly schedule.

No formal vote on the bylaws took place; the committee set a plan to continue review and to provide materials to campuses once BOR procedures are complete.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","BOR - SAC, Feb 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Vice Chair Cheyenne Arlington and a SAC bylaws committee presented a revised bylaws draft and proposed a multi‑meeting approval process; members agreed to circulate the draft and to invite President Maduco to address planned leadership reorganizations.","taxTitle","Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, Higher Education, Organizations, Executive, Connecticut","taxId",15722,"location","Connecticut","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6635521,"CSCU chancellor addresses p‑card spending, residency and planned policy changes in student Q&A",265,302000,567000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2632292-471d7caf81e91c5fef5ef22793ee22a5&start=302&end=567","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2632292-471d7caf81e91c5fef5ef22793ee22a5/thumbnail_302000.jpg","/articles/6635521/Connecticut/CSCU-chancellor-addresses-pcard-spending-residency-and-planned-policy-changes-in-student-QA","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6635521-5b3a47cea803c6f6650e15e72d7f6d81/orig.mp4?Expires=1771135950&Signature=OEA858xla2tsLYU5~AFKoysG68M51zhK5RVzgGkATK~tbhiVotbJ-6gCCdjE9riP-Zw0r1kmpSXaVu4CE3Z5duF4rGTtrKaqt9U9GYWLQ~fKstKalwk9eomveVbrwYSe5FCzDrSXi4PGFmxPBIJNr8FahBLhGrvYPoWk69PtTDZyKYIX9orhDRtjawQrMDZcWyFLyUjj7fG7NXmqN4fBhwn-pgFs8j3dwemmqTPvwL2xMgnzdCP9ZzqaVd7HP6PEMXkd6HC8pHzhURze~CJNQBXhSQWQNOM1K8~vn-jf97nkrM4ejvFkNBjrbiM9eCkAvOcrVvZ1APeGgvDP3UnPqA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chancellor Chang told the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Student Advisory Committee on a Friday morning that media coverage of his purchasing‑card use and questions about his residency had become a distraction from students and that he was instituting changes to governance and purchasing practices.

The chancellor said the primary criticism of him was that “I spent about $30,000 in the past 3 years” on his state purchasing card, largely for meals and travel, and that while audits have found no criminal violations, they identified weaknesses that require policy fixes.

The chancellor’s comments came during a scheduled discussion with student leaders after several students raised concerns about how testimony was presented to the legislature and about broader changes across the CT State system.

Chancellor Chang acknowledged the optics of expensive meals while students face hardship. “I know it's a bad look for the chancellor to be out there having steak dinners while our students are going without in a lot of different ways. And that's on me,” he said. He told students the system has been audited by the state comptroller and reviewed by the auditors of public accounts; “both of them have found that no laws were broken, no policies were breached, but that there were material weaknesses in some of our policies that have to be addressed,” he said.

Chelsea, a CT State staff member who participated in the meeting, said some media accounts had conflated different payments. “The payment that they refer to, is actually the chancellor's rent for his lease,” she said, and she described other reporting as having “morphed beyond kind of the scope of focus on our students and have become more political.”

Chang said the system is adopting a much stricter purchasing‑card policy and additional controls. He told students the policy would be voted on by the Board of Regents: “that policy will be voted on at the board meeting next week. And, again, it's a super tight policy.” He also told the committee the system has already reduced the number of purchasing cards by about 18 percent and that further reductions and multiple levels of review are planned.

Students raised concerns about how testimony to the legislature was run, saying that when some students participated by Zoom and other institutions appeared in person it affected perceptions. Chang said legislators had preferred Zoom to make testimony equitable and efficient for the committee but that he would work to include more in‑person testimony when feasible.

Students also pressed the chancellor about structural changes announced for campus leadership. Chang described a shift by system leadership toward a multi‑campus president model for some regions, a change he said aims to reduce administrative overhead and reinvest savings in campuses and students. He suggested President Maduco be invited to discuss the reorganization directly with students.

The chancellor told the SAC he was “sorry that all of this activity leads to, taking focus away from the students,” and repeatedly said he accepts responsibility for the perception created by his choices. He encouraged student leaders to continue using their voices and offered to answer follow‑up questions and provide documents about the new policies once board votes are final.

The Student Advisory Committee asked that summaries of the proposed purchasing‑card policy and related Board of Regents discussion be shared with students after the board has formally approved them.","Chancellor Chang told the Student Advisory Committee he spent about $30,000 on business meals and travel over three years, said audits found no laws were broken but flagged material weaknesses, and described forthcoming stricter purchasing‑card rules and a reduction in p‑cards.","actionData","errors"]

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Student Advisory Committee begins multi‑meeting review of SAC bylaws; seeks broader outreach and a meeting with President Maduco

CSCU chancellor addresses p‑card spending, residency and planned policy changes in student Q&A