A new constitution involving a two house system may be in order for the Maine West Student Council, according to President Randy Hann.

The Executive Board of the Council has spent much time in the past weeks examining the adoption of a bicameral system to increase the representation, communication, and effectiveness of the student government.

If the new system were to be adopted, a representative would be elected at large to represent each homeroom in the lower house, thus improving communication between Council and the homerooms.

The lower house would meet once or twice a week to act upon any legislation received from the committees. The president would preside over the lower house, whose main job would be to report the activities of Council to the homerooms. Members of the lower house would have the option of volunteering to work on any upper house committee for a project they were interested in.

One representative for every 10 members of the lower house would be elected to the upper house by the lower house to provide communication between the two houses. Other members of the upper house would be the executive board and two elected members at large from each class.

The upper house would meet two or three days a week to organize all of the Council's activities, enact legislation, and do committee work.

Either of the houses would be able to initiate a bill unless it were an appropriation of funds. This kind of bill must be initiated by the upper house. A bill would have to pass both houses to be enacted.

For such a constitution to be adopted, both Student Council and the homerooms must act to accept it.