The Associated Students of the University of Missouri
ASUM Involvement:
ASUM has been instrumental in legislation in these areas as well:
- Anti-hazing laws
- Mail –in ballots law
- Strengthened landlord-tenant legislation
- Increased funding for the College of Veterinary Medicine at MU
- Engineering laboratory equipment funding
- Tax refunds
- UM System Capital Improvements
- Campaign Finance Reform
- Environmental Issues
- Federal Financial Aid to include Pell Grant and Work Study
- Gender Equity
- Diversity
- Greek Alcohol Policy
- Academic Internships
- 18 year old Jurors
- Minimum wage
- Open Meetings Law
- Presidential Primary
- Proposition B
- FERPA
- Hancock Amendment
- Foreign TAs and Tax
- Tenure
- Transfer of Credit
- Simplified voter registration
- Increased state appropriations for all UM system campuses
- Increased scholarship funding
- Missouri College Guarantee Program passage
- Passage of the MOST program, which allows state tax breaks and other incentives to save for higher education