More than a dozen student groups risk suspension from the Student Association for the remainder of the school year if they do not sign a state mandated form by Wednesday.

The law, listed as 129A, makes all student groups, and not the SA, individually accountable for their actions. This law requires a representative from each chartered student group within the Binghamton University to sign a form and attend a scheduled presentation.

Of the SA’s 202 chartered student groups, 185 have signed contracts. The 17 groups who have not signed these forms have had their accounts frozen, meaning they cannot move money around for operations.

According to Jared Kirschenbaum, executive vice president of the SA, student groups have had two chances so far to sign the contract, which states that they will abide by the law — once at the Leaders Engaging and Developing (LEAD) conference on Oct. 17, and again at a makeup meeting this past Wednesday.

“Every single year it’s a requirement for all student groups. It’s not something new,” Kirschenbaum said.

At both events, leaders from student groups listened to a required presentation explaining the law before signing the contracts.

Among the frozen groups are Assabeel; Athiest at the Table, Brothers and Sisters in Christ (BASIC); Binghamton Swingers; Journal of Philosophy, Politics and Law; Korean Catholic Community; Korean Undergraduate Student Association; Maimonides Society; Mary E. Mahoney Nursing Support Group; Pi Sigma Alpha; Poverty Awareness Coalition; React2Inspire; Red Cross Club; Setting The Road To Improvement Via Education (STRIVE); Spanish Club; The Element Magazine and The WAD Humor Magazine.

The aforementioned clubs will have one last chance to sign the contracts following a presentation on Wednesday, or they will be suspended for the remainder of the school year.

“This is going to be the end, the last makeup session,” Kirschenbaum said.

Kirschenbaum hopes many of the groups come to the final session to get their accounts reactivated.

“It’s not fair to them,” he said. “Everyone has goals and things they want to do.”

After the LEAD conference, Kirschenbaum e-mailed all of the groups who did not sign the forms informing them of possible suspension, and the availability of a makeup session. He also warned them of the repercussions if they do not attend Wednesday’s session.

According to Rachel Gordon, a junior urban planning major on the SA’s rules committee, a few organizations with frozen accounts have already contacted the SA saying they would attend the upcoming session.

Ben White, a senior English major and also a rules committee member, said some groups may not have signed the contracts yet since they are inactive or have disbanded after members graduated.

Randal Meyer, leader of the Journal of Philosophy, Politics and Law, is not worried over his group’s situation.

“It was just a miscommunication between my group and the EVP,” he said.