RESOLUTION ON GTA AND GRA MEDICAL INSURANCE
Whereas our Graduate Student
Association has requested that The University of Alabama provide and pay for
single-coverage medical insurance for Graduate Teaching Assistants and Graduate
Research Assistants who are not eligible to be covered by their parents'
insurance programs; and
Whereas the President and
Provost of The University of Alabama and the Dean of the Graduate School have
all given their support to this request; and
Whereas the Faculty and
Staff Benefits Committee has endorsed this concept; and
Whereas the Resources and
Priorities Committee has likewise voted to support funding medical coverage for
our GTAs and GRAs, as
indicated above;
Therefore, be it resolved
that the Faculty Senate of The
Adopted by Faculty Senate
February 21, 2006