Members of the student governing board of UW system schools proposed legislation that would support a student strike if the state makes additional budget cuts to the system.
UW-Madison sophomore Sam Seering, one of the students who proposed the legislation, said it would help bring attention to the extensive cuts to the system.
But United Council Vice President Dylan Jambrek said the strike would require too much attention from the council.
"I think that it commits a lot of capacity, and I'm not sure that's something we're willing to do," Jambrek said.
"An event like that requires a lot of effort and a lot of maintenance."
The council tabled the legislation to learn more about what planning the strike would entail.
Also at the convention, student government leaders from 12 UW campuses discussed changing the policy for allocating student segregated fees.
Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner said by changing the policy, students hope to gain more of a say in distributing segregated fees to better "support long-term commitments at the university."
"[The current policy] very much takes away from student autonomy and student control of segregated fee allocations," Gardner said.
The convention focused on training student government leaders on voting issues, like the new voter identification available for students to use for voting and absentee voting for students.
-Anna Duffin
