Policies and Procedures Manual 2024 - 2025

2020 - 2021 Policy Manual Changes

2020 - 2021 Policy Manual Changes

Policy Changed/ Created

New/ Revised/ Removed Policy

Policy Title

Page #

Description of Change

2020-11

Revised

3.1 Non-Discrimination Policy

16-17

Updated categories and contact information.

2020-8

Revised

3.9 Title IX Policies and Procedures

20-30

Revised policy to include specific requirements for Title IX

2020-11

Revised

3.16 Grievance Policy

34-35

Revised to update and separate Title IX policy and process

2020-8

Revised

3.33 Student Employment Processes and Procedures

60-76

Removed graduate assistant sections.

2020-8

New

3.47 Training

93-94

Training guidelines for all faculty and staff to ensure compliance requirements.

2020-8

New

3.48 Information Security Policy

94-96

Guidelines for all faculty, staff and other authorized personnel for security and storage of college data.

2020-8

New

3.49 Live-In Professional Policy

96-101

Policies for Residence Life professionals who live on campus

2020-11

New

3.50 Email Account Retention Policy

101-102

Policy for deleting/retaining employee and student email accounts

2020-11

Revised

7.5 Tax Deferred Retirement Annuity Plan

159-160

Revision to employer match contribution percentage

2020-8

Revised

7.9 Vacation Leave Policy

167-168

Revised compensation secton to include conversion to part-time and 9-month contracts.

2017-10

Revised - changed in manual 2020-8

PC 125 - Strategic Plan

7-9

Eleven goals condensed to seven goals

2020-5

Moved

3.6 Official Contracts

19

Moved from Academic Affairs Polices to General Policies section (formerly 4.23) since it applies to all College contracts

2020-5

Revised

3.40 Information Resources Governance

80-83

Multiple changes to policy.

2020-5

New

3.42 Gift Card Policy

84-85

States when gift cards are allowed and tax implications to recipient.

2020-5

New

3.43 Purchasing Card (P-Card) Policy

85-89

P-Card eligibility, procedures and responsibilities

2020-5

New

3.44 Endowed Scholarship Policy

89-90

Endowed scholarship requirements and procedures

2020-5

New

3.45 False Accusations Policy

90

To protect college from false accusations

2020-5

New

3.46 Phish Testing and Training Policy

90-93

Training and testing to help employees detect possible malicious emails and websites

2020-5

Revised

4.1 B General Education Process

105-106

Revised section on Curriculum Changes and added section on Course Changes

2020-5

Revised

4.1.D. Academic Program Accountability

107-109

Changes in academic program review process

2020-5

Revised

4.7 Faculty

116

Faculty expectations for student advising, recruitment and retention.

2020-5

Revised

4.9 Faculty Appointment Terms and Compensation

117-119

Timeframe for faculty retirement/resignation notifications and part-time faculty/adjunct terms.

2020-5

Revised

4.12 Promotion

121-122

Awards for change in rank

2020-5

Moved

4.23 Official Contracts

Now in General Polices # 3.6 since it involved all contracts, not just those related to academics

2020-5

Revised

4.27 Travel Study Programs

143-145

Updated process and cost

2020-5

Revised

5 Faculty Bylaws Article III Section 2

147

Faculty appointments statement changed from appointments of 10 months to 9 months to match Academic Policy change

2020-5

Revised

6.2 Structural Units and Responsibilities

156-157

Reporting changes to College Planning and Assessment

2020-5

Revised

7.1 Medical and Dental Benefits (Pre-Tax Basis)

158

Added "regarding health plan eligibility" to Rehire section

2020-5

Revised

7.2 Flexible Spending Plan

158

Replaced "Benefit" with "Spending" and added "qualified" to reimbursable medical expenses

2020-5

Revised

7.6 Tuition Remission

160-161

Employees eligible for 6-credit hours per semester, addition of non-degree course work and possible taxation of graduate tuition in access of $5,250/year.

2020-5

Revised

7.7 Tuition Exchange Program

161

Further defined eligibility for TEP and CICTEP programs

2020-5

Revised

Section 10: Board of Trustee Bylaws

193-205

Changes approved by Board.