{"id":40,"date":"2015-03-31T09:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T14:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/senate-dev\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:02:03","slug":"government-affairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/faculty-senate\/standing-committees\/government-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Affairs Committee (GAC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/faculty-senate\/recommendation-due-dates\/\">Recommendation Due Dates <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/faculty-senate\/calendars\/standing-committee-report-schedule\/\">Standing Committee Report Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/faculty-senate\/forms-and-policies\/standing-committee-templates\/\">Templates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Government Affairs Committee Reports<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/faculty-senate\/files\/GAC-Committee-Report-1-2025-26.pdf\">September 2025 Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/faculty-senate\/files\/GAC-Committee-Report-2-2025-26.pdf\">November 2025 Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/faculty-senate\/files\/GAC-Committee-Report-3-2025-26.pdf\">January 2026 Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/faculty-senate\/files\/GAC-Committee-Report-4-202526.pdf\">February 2026 Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                                            \n        \n    <div\n        id=\"committee-functions\"\n        x-data=\"accordion('committee-functions', false)\"\n        class=\"rounded-lg overflow-hidden mb-2 transition-all duration-300 ease-out bg-gray-50\"\n        x-bind:class=\"expanded ? 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