In keeping with ongoing efforts to update Board of Trustees and University of Arkansas System policies to align them with current law and practice, the UA System Office today released draft Board Policy amendments that will be considered at the September 8-9 regular Board of Trustees meeting at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
The linked versions below are red lined to show proposed changes. Feedback on the proposed changes from members of the campus communities across the system can be submitted by email to feedback@uasys.edu.
The proposed policy amendments include:
Board Policy 235.1 Smoking – The proposed changes include adding a specific citation to Arkansas law that prohibits smoking in university property, including adding the legal definition for e-cigarettes.
Board Policy 250.1 Establishment of Provisional Positions – The proposed changes align the definition of provisional positions with Arkansas law and adds language to ensure that salary rates for such positions may not exceed maximum salary levels authorized in a campus’s appropriation act.
Board Policy 260.1 Official Functions – The proposed amendments include adding a purpose statement to the policy and delegating the responsibility for developing procedures for the payment or reimbursement of expenditures to each campus, division or unit, consistent with the policy language.
Board Policy 265.1 Travel on Aircraft Owned or Leased by the University – The proposed edits are intended to better define provisions related to travel on university aircraft.
Board Policy 330.1 Employee and Contractor Ethical Conduct, Conflict of Interest and Commitment – The proposed amendments include the addition of a “General Principles” section that defines a conflict of interest, explicitly prohibits the use of university employment to secure special privileges and includes a conflict of commitment section related to outside activities. The proposed changes also further define what is to be included in campus conflict of interest policies, including a prohibition on participating in any matter pertaining to a contract or subcontract where a conflict of interest exists. Finally, the draft adds language regarding disclosure and assessment of affiliations, gifts and contracts involving foreign sources.
Board Policy 725.1 Identifying Buildings – The proposed amendments are clean up language to the existing policy.