page_title: University of Central Florida Student Government
section_title: Executive
hierarchical_section_title: University of Central Florida Student Government / Executive
caption_attribution_description: Boardwalk behind the student union (University of Central Florida)
context_page_description: The University of Central Florida Student Government is the student body government for the University of Central Florida, a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States. It is the largest Student Government within the state of Florida and one of the largest in the United States. It also often places in the top ten Student Governments nationally for the services and outreach it provides for the students it serves. SG also serves as the liaison between the student body and University Administration. Three branches, an executive, a legislative, and a judicial are governed by the student-adopted Constitution.
  Student Government creates, approves, and oversees a $20.4 million budget generated by student fees and self-generated revenue – one of the largest student government budgets in the United States. With its budget, SG funds and operates three campus facilities, the main Recreation and Wellness Center, the Recreation and Wellness Center at Knights Plaza, and the Student Union, while also providing nearly $1 million in funding to 600 registered student organizations.
context_section_description: Article IV vests the executive power in a student body president. The student body president and vice president serve an identical one-year term, elected each spring by a majority vote of the student body. The president and vice president are not eligible for reelection. Candidates must be UCF students, and in good academic and financial standing with the university. Candidates usually have prior experience in SGA, either as a member of the Senate or the Executive Cabinet. The president and vice president both receive a paid salary that ranges from $15,000 to $18,000 per year.
  The president is vested with the authority to appoint officers to vacancies within SGA, including open senate seats, and to the Executive Cabinet – which consists of an attorney general, comptroller, director of campus life, director of communications, director of governmental affairs, director of student affairs, and judicial advisor. The cabinet also includes a number of sub-cabinet positions. In total, within the executive branch are between 30–40 appointed and paid cabinet members that oversee everything from university policies to tracking the state's legislature. These positions are subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the Senate. The president also has the authority to call and preside over meetings of the SGA, to call for a referendum of the student body (with two-thirds concurrence vote of the Senate), and to veto legislation passed by the Senate. The Senate may override a presidential veto with a two-thirds vote. The president may remove appointed officers at their discretion, except for those subject to senate confirmation, which require a two-thirds vote of concurrence from the Senate. The president is also vested with the power to provide for the effective expenditure of student funds as allocated by the Senate. With this power, the president has the authority to suspend SGA agencies for malfeasance or violation of statutes.
  The president serves as a member of the university's board of trustees and the Florida Student Association (FSA), which is an association composed of all student body presidents and their respective staffs from Florida's state universities. The chair of the FSA serves on the Florida Board of Governors, the governing board of the state university system. UCF student body president Cortez Whatley served as FSA chair from 2012 to 2013.
caption: The boardwalk behind the UCF Student Union, an SGA funded and operated facility
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