Sponsors
Alison Schmitke (Senate President, College of Education); Dyana Mason (Senate VP, College of Design)
Motion
Section I
1.1 WHEREAS the University of Oregon makes reasonable accommodations when an exemption to existing university policy is deemed appropriate due to sincerely held religious beliefs; and
1.2 WHEREAS each religious accommodation request is assessed on an individual basis, and the procedures should be consistent for the benefit of students and faculty; and
1.3. WHEREAS the current system of evaluating and granting requests is inefficient and leads to inequitable application of policy.
Section II
2.1 THEREFORE BE IT MOVED that a new set of procedures to handle requests for religious accommodations by students be established as outlined in the related document.