2023-2024 Hearing Dates
Hearing 1
Application Deadline: Friday, September 8, 2023 at 4pm
Hearing Date: Thursday, September 14, 2023 beginning at 4pm, Reng Student Union Boardroom
Events funded during this hearing must be completed by December 31, 2023
Hearing 2
Application Deadline: Friday, October 20, 2023 at 4pm
Hearing Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023 beginning at 4pm, Reng Student Union Boardroom
Events funded during this hearing must be completed by February 1, 2024
Hearing 3
Application Deadline: Friday, February 2, 2024 at 4pm
Hearing Date: Thursday, February 8, 2024 beginning at 4pm, Reng Student Union Boardroom
Events funded during this hearing must be completed by May 1, 2024
Action Fund Guidelines
- Student organizations requesting Action Fund allocations must be registered with the Leadership Center as a student organization.
- Action Fund applications are due on the designated date to the Student Government Association office located on the 2nd floor of the Student Union. Organizations are required to be detailed in the request and maintain a reasonable amount of requested funding.
- All organizations will be required to attend a brief hearing to clarify the application request and discuss funding with the Action Fund Commission.
- The following requests will not be granted: benefit for individuals, philanthropies, office supplies, travel reimbursement, travel food or lodging requests.
- Action Fund hearing results will be posted in the Student Government Association office located on the 2nd floor of the Student Union within twenty four hours of the hearing.
The following is the disbursement procedure once funds are received:
- Funds used to pay for Sodexo Catering or A-State facility rental will be processed using Interdepartmental Transfer by a Leadership Center representative once an invoice is received from the student organization to pay for this type of expense.
- All other allocations will be processed within 10 business days of the Action Fund hearing date in the form of a check authorized to the student organization name listed on the Action Fund application. Check requests will not be process for an individual student or advisor.
- All organizations are required to submit the Action Fund Post Disbursement report within four days of the organization event. Failure to submit a completed report will result in the organization forfeiting Action Fund eligibility for one calendar year.
All questions regarding the Action Fund process must be directed to the Action Fund Commissioner at actionfund@smail.astate.edu.
Failure to comply with guidelines will result in the organization’s ineligibility to receive Action Funds for one calendar year.
