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Student Life Educational Fund (SLEF)

Student Life Educational Fund (SLEF)

The purpose of the Student Life Educational Fund is to help offset the cost of educational and extra activities that are relevant to the students’ education. To qualify for the Student Life Educational Fund, the activity must not be an academic requirement for a College course and participants must be full-time post-secondary students.

If you are submitting a proposal to the Student Life Educational Fund, you must complete the SLEF Proposal Form in full and submit it to the FSU Office in SC1000 at least 2 weeks before the event or trip.

You are then required to submit the follow to the FSU Office within 2 weeks after the event or trip:

  • Submit a receipt or invoice
  • Submit a list of students that includes the students’ full name, student number and signatures

*Failure to follow the above deadline will result in future requests not being approved and the current submitted proposal will be cancelled.

If you apply for the Student Life Educational Fund, here are a few things that you should know:

  • The subsidy for the SLEF is $20.00 per full-time post-secondary student per year to a maximum of 90 students
  • The SLEF will not subsidize meals, entertainment activities or non-educational activities
  • Any associated costs above the subsidy will be the class or groups’ responsibility
  • The FSU will subsidize funding after the trip or event only

For more information contact FSU Finance Coordinator Kara D’Arcangelo.

SLEF Policy

Download a PDF version of the SLEF Policy.

1.1 PURPOSE

  • 1.2.1 Purpose of the Student Life Educational Fund: The purpose of this policy isto help defray the cost of educational and extra activities that are relevant to the students’ education.
  • 1.2.2 To qualify for the Student Life Educational Fund, the activity must not be an academic requirement for a College course and participants must be full-time post-secondary students.

1.3 APPLICATION PROCESS

  • 1.3.1 All classes or groups that wish to utilize the Student Life Educational Fund must fill out a Student Life Educational Fund Proposal Form . The Student Life Educational Proposal Forms are also available in the Fanshawe Student Union Office (SC1000).
  • 1.3.2 Student Life Educational Fund Proposal Form must be completed in full stating the purpose, cost associated, date, number of students participating, and a statement from a faculty member regarding the relevancy of the trip or event to the College course.
  • 1.3.3 The description portion of the Student Life Educational Fund Proposal Form must be completed in full stating the trip or events benefit to the students in attendance.
  • 1.3.4 4 The Student Life Educational Fund must be submitted to the FSU Office at least two (2) weeks before the scheduled trip or event.
  • 1.3.5 The Student Life Educational Fund must be approved by the Executive Committee or Student Administrative Council.
  • 1.3.6 After the trip or event, the class or group must submit a receipt or invoice and a list of students, including students’ full names, student numbers, and signatures that participated to the FSU Office within two weeks after the trip or event. If the stated deadline is not followed, future requests will not be approved and the submitted proposal will be cancelled.

1.4 APPLICATION INFORMATION

  • 1.4.1 The subsidy for the Student Life Education Fund is twenty dollars ($20.00) per full-time postsecondary student per year to a maximum of 90 students. Any associated costs above the subsidy will be the class or groups’ responsibility.
  • 1.4.2 All arrangements for the trip or event and any ‘up front’ costs is the responsibility of the class or group.
  • 1.4.3 The class or group is responsible for and should be billed directly for all invoices.
  • 1.4.4 The Student Life Educational Fund will not subsidize meals, entertainment activities or noneducational activities.
  • 1.4.5 Trips or events that require transportation for two (2) hours must use an activity or school bus.
  • 1.4.6 The faculty member must appoint a student representative(s) who will participate in the trip or event.
  • 1.4.7 The FSU will subsidize funding after the trip or the event only.
  • 1.4.8 There will be no carry forward to the next fiscal year.

1.5 APPENDICES

Contact Information

Kara D'Arcangelo

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