Members of the Faculty Senate said they opposed Student Congress’ proposal to amend Dead Week regulations because proponents did not provide them with evidence of problems with the current policy.

Kimball Milton, physics and astronomy professor, said he voted against the resolution but said he is in favor of giving students Dead Week off from school.

But that’s not what Student Congress proposed. Student Congress’ proposed Dead Week policy only strayed slightly from the current policy with variations in the weight of assignments allowed during Dead Week.

Milton took issue with the proposed amendment that states if professors wants to assign work due during Dead Week worth 5 percent of a course’s grade or more, the professor would need to ask for the department chair’s approval 30 days prior to Dead Week.

The current policy allows for faculty to assign work worth 10 percent of students’ grades if it’s announced 30 days before Dead Week, according to the Faculty Senate’s handbook.

Any deviations from this policy must be stated in course syllabus and receive the department chair’s approval.

The current policy also allows faculty to introduce new course material during Dead Week.

Faculty Senate members voted 19-12 against any changes to the policy Monday.

Senate members did more than turn down any revisions to the policy. They resolved to not reconsider the Dead Week policy until 2014.

The Faculty Senate motioned to freeze the policy because members didn’t want to revisit the issue, which has been extensively reviewed for more than a year, said LeRoy Blank, Faculty Senate member and chemistry professor.

“Their opinion is probably not going to change much in one year,” Blank said.

Blank said he was surprised the resolution did not pass and no questions were asked after the resolution failed.

He said it isn’t uncommon for the Faculty Senate to place five-year freezes on pieces of legislation after they have been considered for long periods of time and then fail to pass.