West Virginia University Governance Rule 1.11 – Information Technology Resources and Governance on Identity Theft Detection and Prevention Program and Finance and Administration Rule 5.6 – Tobacco and Smoke Free Campus have been posted online for public comment.
The West Virginia University Board of Governors has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including changing the terminology from “policy” to “rules” to potentially:
Amend and approve BOG Policy 54 – Rule on Identity Theft Detection and Prevention Program (proposed to be amended as Governance Rule 1.11 – Information Technology Resources and Governance).
Amend and approve BOG Policy 57 – Tobacco Free Policy (proposed to be amended as Finance and Administration Rule 5.6 – Tobacco and Smoke Free Campus).
The proposed changes are to amend, approve, and, in some cases, repeal current BOG Policies in order to implement new BOG Rules in accordance with W.Va. House Bill 2815 (2017). To that end, the term “Policy” will be replaced with “Rule” and these Policies will be reformatted to the new design for BOG Rules, renumbered, and standard terms are used, when applicable. Moreover, all BOG Rules will be updated to supersede and repeal W.Va. Higher Education Policy Commission Rules, where applicable.
A summary of the new proposed Governance Rule 1.11 and Finance and Administration Rule 5.6 can be found on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking website.
The revisions will be posted for public comment for 30 days beginning December 17, 2018, and ending on January 21, 2019. All public comments received will be posted on the University’s policy website. The rules may be changed, subject to comments received. The comments, or summary thereof, and final proposed rules will be posted for 10 days prior to the Board taking final action.
The BOG rules under review can be found on the Rules, Policies and Procedures website. Any member of the public can comment on these proposed Rules. If you wish to comment, please click on the proposed Rule on the Board Rules Under Review page. The proposed Rule’s text will appear. You will see a comment form link from the Rule and Policy page. Please complete and submit the comment form to provide your input.