SECTION BF.1

LOCAL GOVERNANCE
POLICY AND PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT

Procedure

POLICY DEVELOPMENT

Any faculty or staff member may request consideration of new policies, amendments or deletions to existing policies. All requests shall be submitted through their chain of command to the appropriate Leadership Team member.

Upon review and approval of the request, the Leadership Team member shall present the proposal to the Leadership Team for consideration and recommendation to the Board of Trustees. Proposed policies, amendments, or deletions may be submitted directly to the Board and bypass the Leadership Team in case of emergency, as determined by the Board.

New policies, amendments and deletions shall become effective upon date of action or at a future date designated by the Board. After Board adoption, changes shall be incorporated into the Board Policy Manual.

Board-adopted or amended policies shall supersede all previous versions, and all other previously adopted policies or other documents addressing the same issues have no force or effect to the extent that they conflict with the newly adopted or amended policy.

PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT

Any faculty or staff member may request consideration of new procedures, amendments or deletions to existing procedures. All requests shall be submitted through their chain of command to the appropriate Leadership Team member. Upon review and approval of the request, the Leadership Team member shall present the proposal to the Leadership Team for consideration and approval.

New procedures, amendments and deletions shall become effective upon date of approval or at a future date designated by the Leadership Team. Upon adoption, changes shall be incorporated into the Administrative Procedures Manual.

Approved new and amended procedures shall supersede all previous versions, and all other previously adopted procedures or other documents addressing the same issues shall have no force or effect to the extent that they conflict with the newly adopted or amended procedure.

All administrative procedures shall be included in the official Administrative Procedures Manual maintained by and kept in the District President’s Office, and shall also be made available in the online version of the Board Policy Manual, which includes Administrative Procedures, on the College District website for access by employees, parents, students, and community residents.

Approved August 19, 2015

Updated: November 20, 2019