Policy and Procedures
This website includes all College-wide Board Policy and Administrative Procedures. All policies and procedures are reviewed on a five-year cycle, or more frequently as needed. If you have a suggestion for revision of a current policy or procedure or the creation of a new policy or procedure, please use the links to the left to submit your request. All requests will be considered by a policy/procedure review committee and subsequently the Administrative Team to determine if they are in the interest of ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp Community College at large, as well as our employees, students and the communities we serve.
The mission of ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp Community College is to empower and transform the diverse learners and communities of southeast Nebraska through accessible lifelong educational opportunities. The College provides dynamic and responsive pathways to career and technical, academic transfer, and continuing education programs that contribute to personal, community, and workforce development.
ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp Community College seeks to transform and empower its diverse learners for fulfilling careers, life-long learning, and community and societal advancement. The College is committed to ongoing intellectual, financial, and strategic investment in its infrastructure and all phases of its operations.
The College is dedicated to creating destinations and the highest quality learning climates through permanent, innovative, modern, virtually linked, sustainable, and collaborative facilities and green spaces. ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp will ensure its open-access mission is celebrated and realized through inclusivity, respect, and compassion toward the diverse views and ideas of its various student populations and constituents. The College will work collaboratively and courageously with its higher education partners, employers, and local and state officials to address Nebraska’s skilled worker shortage and the need for everyone to have affordable access to the life-changing benefits of higher education. ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp will utilize valid and dynamic data to respond to local and statewide needs to strengthen the College’s diverse communities and economies.
ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp strives to be a national leader in developing high-contact technical and academic experiences through personal and sincere relationships with engaged and invested faculty, staff, and administrators. These personal connections will be coupled with intensive learning opportunities through co-curricular involvement, research, volunteerism, and public service. ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp’s commitment to student transformation intentionally encompasses the development of essential life skills, including reflective thinking, resiliency, and emotional intelligence proficiency.
Excellence - Commitment to the highest level of performance in all facets of the College’s programs, services, and operations through effective investment and support of all assets.
Integrity - Continuous pursuit of fulfillment of mission and goals through transparency and ethical practices in all College operations.
Innovation - Commitment to inquiry and the respectful challenging of assumptions to promote creativity, alternative points of view, and opportunities for ongoing discovery.
Inclusion - Promotion of opportunities and advancement for a diverse and dynamic student, faculty/staff, and community population through the creation of a positive, compassionate, and reflective culture.
Stewardship and Accountability - Commitment to investment in appropriate resources in fulfillment of the College’s mission and goals and reliance on responsible management of human, physical, and financial resources.
9.13.24 - Updated A-13 Policy Use of College Facilities
9.13.24 - Updated A-13a Procedure College Facilities Use
6.27.24 - Updated E-4 Policy Benefits
5.9.24 - Updated D-7 Policy Insurance/Claims
5.9.24 - Updated D-7a Procedure Insurance/Claims
5.9.24 - Updated E-18 Policy Title IX, Anti-discrimination, Anti-harassment, and Anti-retaliation
3.27.24 - Updated A-13a Procedure College Facilities Use
3.27.24 - Updated B-6 Policy Shared Governance
3.27.24 - Updated B-6a Procedure Shared Governance
3.27.24 - Updated E-20d Procedure Exit Procedures
1.5.24 - Updated A-12 Policy Conflict of Interest
1.5.24 - Updated A-12a Procedure Conflict of Interest
12.18.23 - Added C-2a Procedure Competitive Club
12.18.23 - Updated A-24 Policy Filling Vacancies on The Board of Governors
12.18.23 - Updated A-23a Procedure Strategic Plan
12.18.23 - Updated A-23 Policy Stratgic Plan
12.18.23 - Updated A-22 Policy Naming of College Facilities
12.18.23 - Updated A-21 Policy Firearms Weapons and Dangerous Weapons Prohibited
12.18.23 - Updated A-20 Policy Intellectual Property
12.18.23 - Updated A-19 Policy Standards of Conduct
12.18.23 - Updated A-18b Procedure Cyber Security
12.18.23 - Updated A-18a Procedure Information Technology
12.18.23 - Updated A-18 Policy Use of Technology
12.18.23 - Updated A-17a Procedure Diversity
12.18.23 - Updated A-17 Policy Diversity Education
12.18.23 - Updated A-16 Policy Access - Employment and Admission
12.18.23 - Updated A-15 Policy Equal Opportunity - Non-Discrimination - Employment
12.18.23 - Updated A-14 Policy Equal Opportunity - Non-Discrimination - Admission
12.18.23 - Updated A-12a Procedure Conflict of Interest - Board Members
12.18.23 - Updated A-12 Policy Conflict of Interest
12.5.23 - Updated A-7 Policy Board Meetings - Regular
12.5.23 - Updated A-8 Policy Board Meetings - Special
12.5.23 - Updated A-9 Policy Board Meetings - Closed Sessions Executive Sessions
12.5.23 - Updated A-9a Procedure Board Meetings - Closed Sessions Executive Sessions
12.5.23 - Updated A-10 Policy Legal Counsel
12.5.23 - Updated A-11 Policy Compensation
12.5.23 - Updated A-11a Procedure Expense Reimbursement
12.5.23 - Updated A-12 Policy Conflict of Interest
12.5.23 - Updated C-10a Procedure Prior Learning Assessments
12.5.23 - Updated C-10 Policy_Prior Learning Assessments
12.5.23 - Added C-9b Procedure Institutional Tuition Waiver Scholarships
12.5.23 - Added A-25 Policy Public Comment
12.5.23 - Added A-25a Procedure Rights of the Public
11.6.23 - A-6b Procedure - General Duties - Job Description - Board of Governors
11.6.23 - A-6a Procedure Specific Duties and Powers
11.6.23 - A-6 Policy General Duties and Powers
11.6.23 - A-5 Policy Board Organization - Procedures
11.6.23 - A-4 Policy Non-Voting Representatives
11.6.23 - A-3 Policy Election Oversight
11.6.23 - Revised A-2 Policy Statutory Mission
11.6.23 - Revised A-1 Policy Philosophy
11.6.23 - Revised D-10a Procedure Employee Expense Reimbursement
10.23.23 - Added Procedure D-10b Procedure Student Expense Reimbursement
10.23.23 - Updated Procedure D-10a Procedure Employee Expense Reimbursement
10.18.23 - Updated Policy C-3 Policy Student Affairs
07.25.23 – C-3b Procedure Graduation Requirements added
06.14.23 - Updated Procedures C-10a and C-16a in Educational Services | Board of Governors (Section C)
06.12.23 - Updated B-4a Procedure Policy-Procedure Development-Revision (PDF) | Administration/Management (Section B)
03.21.23 - Updated All policies and procedures | Policies and Procedures (Above Sections)
03.21.23 - Updated Procedure B-2a Procedure College Organization | Administration/Management (Section B)
03.21.23 - Updated Policy B-2 Policy College Organization | Administration/Management (Section B)
12.15.22 - Updated Policies C-1 through C-5 in Educational Services | Board of Governors (Section C)
12.15.22 - Entire Section D: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Board of Governors (Section D)
12.15.22 - Entire Section E: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Board of Governors (Section E)
12.05.22 – C-3a PROCEDURE Student Affairs added
11.15.22 – C-16a PROCEDURE Transfer of Credit added
11.15.22 – C-16 POLICY Transfer of Credit added
11.15.22 – C-15a PROCEDURE Institutional Articulation added
11.15.22 – C-15 POLICY Institutional Articulation added
10.21.22 – C-5a PROCEDURE Student Affairs added
10.21.22 - Entire Section D: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Admin Team (Section D)
10.21.22 - Entire Section E: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Admin Team (Section E)
9.28.22 – B-1 Policy President revised
9.28.22 – B-1a Procedure President removed
9.28.22 – B-6 Policy Shared Governance added
9.28.22 – B-6a Procedure Shared Governance added
9.28.22 – C-14 Policy Program added
9.28.22 – C-14a Procedure Program added
9.8.22 – A-23 Policy Strategic Plan added
9.8.22 – A-23a Procedure Strategic Plan added
9.8.22 – B-5 Policy Additional Locations added
9.8.22 – B-5a Procedure Additional Locations added
9.8.22 – C-10 Policy Prior Learning Assessments added
9.8.22 – C-10a Procedure Prior Learning Assessments added
9.8.22 – C-11 Policy Consortia added
9.8.22 – C-11a Procedure Consortia added
9.8.22 – C-12 Policy Changes to Existing Programs added
9.8.22 – C-12a Procedure Changes to Existing Programs added
9.8.22 – C-13 Policy Academic Program Development added
9.8.22 – C-13a Procedure Academic Program Development added
8.8.22 – A-24 Policy Filling Vacancies on the Board of Governors added
7.29.22 – A-3 Policy Election Oversight added
7.29.22 – C-9 Policy Tuition and Fee added
7.29.22 – C-9a Procedure Tuition and Fees added
7.29.22 – C-8 Policy Credit Hour added
7.29.22 – C-8a Procedure Credit Hour added
5.25.22 – C-7a Procedure Consumer Information added
5.25.22 – C-7 Policy Consumer Information added
5.25.22 – B-2a Procedure College Organization revised
3.21.22 – C-6a Procedure on Assessment added
3.21.22 – C-6 Policy on Assessment added
1.1.22 – A-2a College Mission Statement
8.1.21 – Procedure E-3i (19) Employee Benefit – Tuition Waiver
7.1.21 – Procedure E-3i (7) Employee Benefit – Vacation Leave
4.1.21 – Procedure E-8f Worker’s Compensation moved & renamed from Personnel Section E to Fiscal Management Section D
3.29.21 – Procedure A-13a Revised Procedure on Use of College Facilities Use | Admin Team
9.16.20 – Procedures E-3d(1-5) moved & renamed from Personnel Section E to Fiscal Management Section D
9.14.20 – A-18a Revised Procedure on Information Technology | Admin Team
7.27.20 – E-3i(25)-18b Revised Procedure on Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) | Admin Team
5.19.20 - Entire Section B: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Board of Governors
5.18.20 - Entire Section B: Revised Administration/Management Procedure Section | Admin Team
1.27.20 - A-18b New Procedure on Cyber Security | Admin Team
1.21.20 - Entire Section A: Revised Board of Governors Policy Section | Board of Governors