Linked below are Board of Trustees’ Policies that will be proposed for amendment at the upcoming meeting of the Board of Trustees on May 26-27. Also included is one new Board Policy regarding the employment of residents at UAMS. Below is a listing of the proposed policies with explanations regarding the reasoning for the proposed revisions. The linked PDFs show the proposed changes in red.  Members of the UA System community can comment on the proposed changes by sending an email to … [Read more...] about Proposed Policy Amendments for May 26-27 Board Meeting

As part of an ongoing review of Board of Trustees’ policies, the General Counsel’s Office is recommending updates to several employment policies to be considered at the next Board of Trustees meeting on March 17-18. The policies up for amendment have not been reviewed and updated for a number of years. They include: Board Policy 405.2 Offset of Amounts Due to the University – The proposed edits include minor clarifications and formatting changes to make the policy easier to follow. Board … [Read more...] about Board Policy Amendments to be Considered at March Meeting

As part of the UA System's continuing effort to update Board and System policy to align with current policy and practice, the following Board Policy revisions are proposed for consideration at the November 19-20 Board of Trustees meeting. These proposed policy changes were drafted by the General Counsel’s Office and have been vetted with the facilities officials across the system. The updated policies (click for redlined PDFs) include: Revised Board Policy 730.1 Procedure for Capital … [Read more...] about Drafts of Proposed Construction Policy Changes Released

LITTLE ROCK (May 6, 2020) –  The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold a brief special board meeting via videoconference at 2 p.m. today originating at the UA System – Cammack Campus in Little Rock. The Board is quickly reconvening today to re-vote on an agenda item that previously passed unanimously at a special meeting held May 4 to clarify the wording of its resolution. The updated resolution does not change the meaning or intent of the restructuring plan and … [Read more...] about UA Board to Meet Briefly Today at 2 p.m.

In a continuation of an effort by UA System Administration to update Board of Trustees Policies to reflect current law and practice, below are new draft Board Policies that reflect updates to current Board Policy 420.1 Annual Leave for Academic and Other Non-classified Personnel and 420.2 Annual Leave for Classified Employees. The new proposed policies split leave areas into separate policies for better application and ease of understanding. These ares include military leave (420.4), court … [Read more...] about Proposed Revisions to Board Policies 420.1 and 420.2; Creation of New Board Policies