Board Policies
Chapter 4 - Human Resources
4.4 Weather / Emergency Closings - History
Date of Implementation: 10/16/96
Date of Adoption: 10/16/96
Date & Subject of Revisions:
7/18/07 - Amends policy to create distinction between short term emergencies and long term emergencies. Amends Part 2, Subpart D to clarify president's sole authority to excuse employees from work with pay only extends up to 2 days, longer paid absences requires approval by the Chancellor. Amends Part 3 to include language consistent with the current statute which provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Employee Relations has authority to release employees of the Office of the Chancellor with pay due to weather or other emergencies. It also clarifies that employees of the Office of the Chancellor who work on a campus will be governed by the decision of the president to close the campus.
12/18/02 - Part 2, Subpart F, Amended from System Office to Office of the Chancellor
2/17/99 - part 2, states Governor's power to change work schedule in case of natural disaster, subp. B, deletes date by which written procedures must be filed.
