Policy Revisions in the Directory:
BOV-023: Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistant Workloads. Establishes the workload requirements for Faculty ad Graduate Teaching Assistants for salary purposes.
FIN-009: Facilities & Administrative Rate Application and Exception Process. Deleted term, Professional Effort, and replaced with "project" throughout the policy.
FIN-032: Collecting, Reporting, and Remitting Sales Tax. Clarified language in the Policy Statement; added Section III. Foreign State Sales Tax, Section IV. Purchasers Exempt from Sales Tax, and Section V.B. Foreign State Services.
FIN-047: Compliance with Federal, State, and Local Tax Regulations. Reformatted with a responsibilities section and added University Human Resources and External Relations.
PRM-017: Duties Toward Speakers and Use of University Facilities or Property. Added Section 3.c. Preservation of University Fixtures prohibiting attaching hammocks, ropes, etc., to trees, columns, statues, or other fixtures on Grounds.
HRM-024: Compensation Program for University Staff Employees. Added Note to Section 3.b.i. Bonuses relative to a sign-on bonus and repayment if the service obligation is not met.
HRM-034: Background Checks, Screenings, and Ongoing Responsibility for Employees to Disclose Criminal Convictions. Updated Section I. Who is Covered by this Policy, last bullet pertaining to students; and Section VII.E. Occupational Health to clarify who is required to adhere to the health screenings, vaccination, testing, and immunization requirements.
HRM-050: Protection of Minors and Reporting Abuse. Updated Section III.L. Incident Reports to refer to the final bullet point for non-exhaustive examples of incidents/inappropriate behavior or concerns; added Section III.M. Parent/Guardian Consent which requires the program to obtain written or electronic permission from the parent/guardian of any minor to participate in the program; Updated Section V. Compliance with Policy to align with the Code of Virginia.
HRM-009: Addressing Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation. Clarified when the policy applies and provided specification regarding prohibited conduct, with definitions for discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
HRM-041: Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence and Reporting Disclosures (Sexual Misconduct Policy). Added Section II. Jurisdiction to define scope and applicability; established Section IV.A. Supportive Measures to provide clearer guidance; moved Confidential Resources into Section V. Privacy and Confidentiality; and updated terminology in Section VII. Prohibited Conduct under this Policy to align with current regulatory language and enhance readability.
SEC-030: Regulation of Weapons, Fireworks, Explosives, and Other Prohibited Items. Revised Section 3. Compliance with Policy to address Va. Code § 18.2-283.2. Clarified the term, Law Enforcement Officer.
PROV-021: Substantive Change for Institutional Accreditation. Revised to align with the June 2026 update of SACSCOC's Substantive Change policy.