Student Council proposed a $231,481.75 budget for the 2024-25 academic year, a roughly 50 percent reduction from last year’s $442,843 budget, during its General Body meeting Tuesday. According to Valentina Mendoza Gonzalez, Student Council president and fourth-year College student, the budget reduction will help increase budget utilization across its branches, better support funding for Contracted Independent Organizations and combat a potential budget deficit.