rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stop-uh-admin-from-stealing-your-fees?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stop-uh-admin-from-stealing-your-fees' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Get Back SFAC https://actionnetwork.org/users/get-back-sfac/profile https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/702/239/normal/_25__Million_in_Student_Fees_Stolen._Our_Fees__Our_Voice._Don%E2%80%99t_let_UH_Admin_Take_Your_Choice..png Our Fees, Our Voice. Over the past few months, UH admins silenced our voice repeatedly. UH Admin dissolved the Student Government Association (SGA), postponed our Fall elections, and illegally installed more than half of the members meant to represent students on the Student Fees Advisory Committee (SFAC), the committee responsible for recommending allocations of over $25 million in our student fees each year from the student service fee. Instead of allowing students to elect their representatives, UH administrators handpicked 60% of our representation on SFAC, directly violating state law (Texas Education Code Section 54.5062), which mandated elections to fill vacancies left on the SFAC. This power grab has stripped us students of our rightful voice in deciding how our money is spent. Every full-time UH student pays $260 each semester into the Student Service Fee. That money funds essential services like counseling, transportation, student organizations, and campus resources. But today, only 2 of the 9 voting SFAC members were approved by students, meaning your money is being controlled by administrators, not we the students who pay it. While we’re struggling with rising costs of food and housing, high parking and tuition rates, and underfunded student resources, we’re being forced to fund a system where our input doesn’t matter. Even when the student regent and the two student approved SFAC members raised concerns, they were dismissed. This is unacceptable, illegal, and exploitative, and there must be accountability. We demand that the University of Houston: Immediately reverse the illegal appointments of the three newest members of the Student Fees Advisory Committee. Hold lawful, state-compliant elections to fill all SFAC vacancies, ensuring that students - not administrators - choose their representatives. Ensure University wide communication on all updates, presentation schedules, future appointment processes, in relation to our SFAC through university wide email Increase the public comment period during SFAC presentations to at least 1 hour, instead of 10 minutes. UH’s motto is “In Time, We’ll Do Great Things.” Great things don't happen when 60% of our representation on SFAC is not student approved. Great things don’t happen when student voices are silenced and our fees write $4.1 million in blank checks to Athletics every year. Great things happen instead when students stand together and demand fairness, transparency, and democracy to make great things happen. Sign this petition to restore student representation at UH — and take back our voice. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-uh-admin-from-stealing-your-fees