Student Senate will consider a resolution advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemning hate speech at its final meeting of the academic year Wednesday.

The Senate will consider a motion to fast-track the resolution, which means it would bypass a committee reading. If a two-thirds majority agrees to fast-track the resolution, the Senate will vote to adopt it Wednesday. 

If the motion to fast-track fails, the Senate wouldn’t vote to adopt the resolution until next academic year.

If fast-tracked, the resolution, entitled “A resolution to be entitled an act to promote peace and human rights by advocating for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, condemning hate speech, and enhancing educational resources on Palestine and Israel,” requires a simple majority to pass. 

Should the resolution pass, it will be submitted to Student Body President Allison Markert for her signature. Markert could opt to veto it within 10 class days of receipt. 

The University will remain neutral on the Israel-Hamas war, Chancellor Randy Woodson previously told Technician, due to a state law that requires UNC System schools to remain neutral on political controversies. 

But NC State’s Student Senate could follow after UNC-Charlotte’s Student Senate, which passed a resolution calling the university to divest funds from Israel on March 28. UNCC’s administration rejected that resolution, citing the same state law.

NC State’s Young Democratic Socialists of America and 13 other student organizations petitioned Student Government to adopt a call for ceasefire in Gaza in an Instagram post Sunday. 

The resolution will be introduced alongside a resolution recommending the Board of Trustees adopt the Chicago Principles, a set of guidelines expressing an institution’s commitment to maintaining freedom of expression on college campuses. The Senate will also consider a motion to fast-track this resolution Wednesday.

Student Senate will meet Wednesday in Talley 4140 at 7:30 p.m. Meetings are open to the public.