Constitution

The Constitution of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly of the University of Pennsylvania

UPDATE: The GAPSA General Assembly passed new amendments to the GAPSA Constitution on March 15, 2023.

The most recent version of the Constitution (A/Const/44/R.6) is found here. It includes new attendance policies (GA/44/RES/14), rules and accountability (GA/44/RES/15), and the Speaker (GA/44/RES/16).

Constitution Archive:

The following archive includes PDFs of prior GAPSA Constitutions that have since been amended.

• GAPSA Constitution (A/Const/44/R.3) ratified February 15, 2023.

• GAPSA Constitution ratified March 30, 2022.

• GAPSA Constitution ratified February 19, 2020.

• GAPSA Constitution (Pre-Restructuring).

Recent Amendments (as of 3/15/23):

2023

• Constitutional Fixes (GA/44/RES/10/Corr.1))

• Codification of Standing Rules (GA/44/RES/11)

• General Assembly Procedures (GA/44/RES/12)

• Attendance Policies (GA/44/RES/14)

• Rules and Accountability (GA/44/RES/15)

• The Speaker (GA/44/RES/16)

2022

• New officers for and divisions of Finance, Operations, Programming, and Advocacy

• New Deputy Director of Technology

2020

• Executive Board and Committees restructured into divisions

2019

• Sunshine Policy is officially part of the Constitution

• Budget Amendment officially passed for financial accountability

• GAPSA and G12+ Accountability Program (GAP) Amendment officially ratified by the GA