; or (BB) the institution assigning a faculty or staff member to such organization; and (bb) does not require a faculty or staff member of the institution assigned to serve as faculty advisor pursuant to item (aa)(BB) to participate in, or support, the organization other than by performing the purely administrative functions required of a faculty advisor. (ii) Appeal options for recognition (I) In general A covered public institution shall provide an appeals process by which a student organization that has been denied recognition by the institution may appeal to an institutional appellate entity for reconsideration. (II) Requirements The appeal process shall— (aa) require the covered public institution to provide a written explanation for the basis for the denial of recognition in a timely manner, which shall include a copy of all policies relied upon by the institution as a basis for the denial; (bb) require the covered public institution to provide written notice to the students seeking recognition of the appeal process and the timeline for hearing and resolving the appeal; (cc) allow the students seeking recognition to obtain outside counsel to represent them during the appeal; and (dd) ensure that such appellate entity did not participate in any prior proceeding related to the denial of recognition to the student organization. (B) Distribution of funds to student organizations A covered public institution that collects a mandatory fee from students for the costs of student activities or events (or both), and provides funds generated from such student fees to one or more recognized student organizations of the institution, shall— (i) establish and make publicly available clear, objective, content- and viewpoint-neutral, and exhaustive standards to be used by the institution to determine— (I) the total amount of funds made available for allocations to the recognized student organizations; and (II) the allocations of such total amount to individual recognized student organizations