If trustees approve the recommendation, the charter will not take effect until the state increases its current cap on the number of charter schools that can be authorized by university boards and until a number of other agreements are successfully negotiated. Also at the meeting, the board is expected to consider recommendations to amend the constitutions of both the WMU Faculty Senate and the Western Student Association. They also will consider ratification of re-negotiated terms covering a collective bargaining agreement with power plant employees who are members of the Michigan State Employees Association as well as a recommendation to approve a term loan agreement for work on the University's new engineering campus. Trustees also will hear personnel reports and gift and grant reports for the months of September and October. Board committee meetings will precede the full board meeting.
All meetings are open to the public.