Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3341 - Bowling Green State University › Chapter 3341-1 - Contracts › Section 3341-1-05 - Policy on policy development

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy statement and purpose
The faculty, staff and others associated with Bowling Green
				state university ("BGSU" or "
									the university") must conduct the activities of
				the university in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, ethical
				standards, and best higher education practices. The university must have
				policies to accomplish this objective. This policy shall govern how official
				university policies are defined, proposed, reviewed, approved, issued and
				maintained. It requires university policies to be maintained in a uniform and
				consistent format in a searchable central policy database.
University policies must adapt to reflect changing
				circumstances and so may be subject to amendment or rescission at any time in
				accordance with the provisions of this policy.
(B) Policy scope
This policy applies to any person subject to a university
				policy including but not limited to, students, faculty, staff, alumni,
				volunteers, visitors, and others who provide services or act under the name of
				the university, including contractors, vendors and consultants.
Each university policy should set forth, in the "policy scope"
				section, the members of the university community who are subject to the
				policy.
(C) Policy
			 definitions
(1) University
			 policy
A university policy is a written rule requiring or constraining
				actions that have general broad application across colleges, schools,
				departments and operating units. University policies can apply to all members
				of the university community and to students, faculty, staff, visitors and
				others coming into contact with the university. A university policy may set
				forth a governing principle, establish a controlling best practice, ensure
				compliance with law or regulation, or it may manage university risk. University
				policies are of such importance that there may be institutional or individual
				consequences for non-compliance.
(a)
			 Only the university president or the board of trustees of the university shall
			 have the authority to issue an official university policy. The university
			 president shall determine whether a particular policy action will be brought to
			 the board of trustees for board approval.
(b) University policies compiled under the
			 authority of this policy are the official version of the policies of Bowling
			 Green state university. While different versions of these policies may appear
			 elsewhere the official version shall be the one set forth in the searchable
			 central policy database. Other official policies may also be found in the
			 academic charter, in collective bargaining agreements, or other
			 contracts.
(c) All Bowling Green
			 state university faculty, staff and students are expected to know and comply
			 with university policies applicable to them.
(d) The university president has the
			 discretion to construe any ambiguous or disputed policy provision
										and may delegate this responsibility.
(e) All official university policies shall be
			 centrally maintained by the office of general counsel on its website. Policies should not be paraphrased.
			 Units referencing a policy should  link to the full text on the office of
			 general counsel website.
(f)
			 A university policy must be recommended by senior university
			 officers.
(g) A policy approved by
			 the president or the board of trustees shall remain in effect until modified or
			 rescinded in accordance with this policy.