The ASUU Assembly passed a joint bill last night allocating $12,000 to host the first-ever Pac-12 Leadership Summit.
This bill will bring in students from the other Pac-12 universities to “share ideas,” said Sam Ortiz, ASUU  president.
The summit will bring student leaders from the various Pac-12 schools’ student governments to the U to collaborate and discuss issues that are faced on the campuses. This will be the first Pac-12 summit, and it is expected to continue as an annual event which will be hosted by the schools in the Pac-12.
The purpose of the summit is to improve the quality of student governments at each school. ASUU hopes that by collaborating with the other institutions in the conference they will be able to come up with new, innovative ideas to help benefit the student bodies they represent.
The bill passed through the Assembly with no contest.
“We are so thrilled to host the Pac-12 leadership summit,” said Sara Seastrand, ASUU vice president.
In addition to the funding they received from the Assembly, they have received over $14,000 from contributions from others, including the U’s Office of the President and the Executive Cabinet. The total cost for the summit amounts to just over $26,000.
The Assembly also passed a joint resolution regarding ASUU elections registrar Taylor Thompson. The bill  passed with no contest, allocating $15,000 students who are not financially privileged to run for office. The bill will help cover up to 50 percent of the cost for T-shirts and other materials for parties or independent candidates running for office.
“It covers the essentials to run [for office],” Thompson said.
As it is unknown how many students will choose to run, the estimated $15,000 is “quite liberal,” according to the bill. Any funding that is left over will be returned to the general reserve after general elections in the spring.
The Senate will vote on these bills on Thursday, Sept. 26.
The 17 Assembly bills that passed at the meeting amounted to just over $24,000, after two bills were taken off the agenda until October’s Assembly meeting. The most expensive of the Assembly bills that passed was for Performance Ballroom Dance, which received the full amount of funding they asked for at $3,870.
Bridges International was the next most expensive bill and received the full funding they requested at $3193.88.