The Student Senate has requested a $4,035 increase in their budget from last year, to account for additional expenses for supplies, printing, compensation and funding for senate events.

A total of $34,035 was requested by the Student Senate. Many areas of their budget remained the same, contractual and compensation.

Speaker of the Senate Joe Robbins said additional funds were requested for the supply line item because the funds had been diminished to $30 by the past September. The previous amount was $600, and the senate requested $800.

Four hundred dollars was added to the printing budget for printing of Panther Express schedules, bringing the total amount to $2,000. The Student Affairs Office has been printing the schedules this year, but the responsibility will wait till next year, Robbins said.

The other contractual accounts for the senate committees that have expenses includes the Diversity Affairs Committee, which puts on various diversity programs, and the External Relations Committee, which provides refreshments at their meetings, Robbins said. That line item requested $5,627, an increase of $3,000. The requested increase will fund two annual senate events, the Recognized Student Organization Banquet and Campus Life Night.

The final area senate requested an increase in was compensation, to provide a 12-credit-hour tuition waiver to executive members each semester, Robbins said. Since tuition has increased, $720 was added to the compensation amount to make up for that increase.

The AB’s total proposed budget is $38,850, a decrease of $7,640, from which a majority comes out of the civil service payroll.