Student Activities Budget Committee Core Values: 

We Value:

• Multicultural Programming
• Leadership training
• Tying programs to important events
• Programming traditions
• Programming for each demographic group
• Programming that sparks an interest in the arts
• Programming that collaborates with other campus organizations (or the community)
• Programming that collaborates with academic disciplines
• Student Recognition
• Community Service Programming
• Unique forms of Programming
• Recruitment
• Programming in the student’s interests.

As good stewards of the Student Activity Fee, the SABC agrees to be guided by the following:
The majority of funds and focus should be spent on student-led initiatives/activities. When clubs and organizations collaborate, they have a larger pool of money and a larger pool of resources. If funds are not realized through the allocation process, collaboration is an excellent alternative. The SABC focus is determining if funds spent would benefit some students, not deterring controversy. College policy applies. Both group and large scale community efforts can benefit students.
Often funds spent on group development help to benefit “deep” skill development, while funds spent on campus community development focus on the wider student population. Both are valuable.

Process: The committee meets weekly to review the budget request submissions. Please contact the Campus Life office, or check the Campus Club and Events Board for specific details regarding deadlines/timing. Additional helpful resources are available in the Campus Life Office (i.e. STLCC ~ MC Budget Request Binder, etc).

Required Travel Paperwork list to accompany travel budget requests.

If you are traveling locally OR out of district your advisor will need to submit a Travel Request form prior to submitting a budget request to the SABC.

Additional Paperwork factoring travel costs to include:

• Conference registration pricing sheet:
  • What does the conference registration fee include? (i.e. attendance fees, possible meals, or room accommodations)
• Transportation costs:
  • Do you need airfare, rental car, train fare, or bus fare (include fees for each traveler you are including in this request)
• Meal costs:
  • Do you have meal costs that you will need cover not included with your NON-Local conference covered costs? You can determine the cost of meal reimbursement by going to: https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates/per-diem-rates-lookup.
• Additional Miscellaneous Fees:
  • Perhaps taxi fees, metro or shuttle fares (check online to find costs & print to include with the proposal)
  • Activity or entrance fees (i.e. museum, lecture, etc.)

If you are submitting a request to TRAVEL: please click on the following link and complete the SABC Budget Worksheet. This has been created to assist you in planning a fair and accurate budget for your trip. This is a spreadsheet template that will add and multiply for you!

After you've completed the fields, "Copy" the entire form (control C) and Paste it into the "Itemized Budget" below. (To paste, click Control V).

http://tinyurl.com/sabctravelworksheet

NOTE: the worksheet may have numbers in place as an example--- you can simply replace it with your own budget request numbers.

If you are submitting a request for an On-Campus event/activity: you can list and total your detailed expenses in the "Itemized Budget" slide section below.