LTC Policy & Procedure Manual

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The governing board of Lanier Technical College is the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia. The State Board Policies and TCSG Procedures Manual may be accessed here.

General Provisions

*Introduction*
1.1	Development, Approval and Review of LTC Policies and Procedures

*Mission & System of Governance*
2.1.1(p)	Statement of Equal Opportunity
2.1.2	Mission Statement
2.1.3	State Board Responsibilities and Authority
2.1.4	State Board Bylaws
2.1.5	State Board Compensation and Expenses
2.1.6	Ethical Responsibilities
2.1.7(p)	President Emeritus
2.1.8(p)	Naming of Buildings
2.2.1	Commissioner Responsibilities & Authority
2.3.1	Employment of Presidents
2.3.2(p)	Responsibilites & Authority of Technical College Presidents
2.3.3lp	Strategic Planning
2.3.4p	Technical College Accreditation
2.3.4.lp2	Programmatic Accreditation
2.3.5lp	Substative Change
2.3.6p	Accreditation Reporting Standards
2.4.1	Local Board Responsibilities and Authority
2.4.1lp1	Local Board Bylaws
2.4.1lp2	Local Board Appeals
2.4.3p	Local Board Compensation and Expenses
2.4.4p	Local Board Member Emeritus
2.4.5p	Approving Technical College Local Board Members
2.4.6lp	Local Board Ethical Responsibilities

*Administration*
3.1.1	Financial Overview
3.1.2lp	Annual Budget
3.1.3	Transfer of Funds Among Technical Colleges
3.1.4lp	Accounting System
3.1.5lp	Contract Management
3.1.6	Payroll System
3.1.7	Enterprise Funds
3.1.8(p)	Audits
3.1.9lp	Banking and Checking Accounts
3.1.10	Petty Cash Funds
3.1.11	Georgia Sales and Use Tax
3.1.12	Cooperative Nonprofit Organizations
3.1.13	Personal Checks
3.1.13p	Debt Collection Contract for Collection of College's Unpaid Accounts
3.1.14	Indirect Cost Rate
3.1.16	Purchasing
3.1.16p1	Purchasing Bond-Funded Goods and Services
3.1.16p2	Purchasing Non-Bond-Funded Goods and Services
3.1.16lp1	Basic Purchasing
3.1.16lp2	Fundraising Requests
3.1.16lp3	Fundraising Approval
3.1.16lp4	Grants
3.1.16lp5	Internal Controls
3.1.16lp6	Purchasing Cards
3.1.16lp7	Instructional Equipment Maintenance
3.2.1	Intellectual Property
3.2.2p	Development of Patentable Devices/Materials or Copyrightable Materials/Media by TCSG/College Personnel or Students
3.2.3p	HEOA P2P Unauthorized File Sharing Prevention Compliance
3.3.1	Maintenance for Campus Facilities
3.3.2	Use of Vehicles
3.3.2p	DOAS Motor Pool
3.3.2lp1	Student and Staff Vehicles on Campus
3.3.3lp1	Use of Campus Facilities
3.3.3lp2	Visitors on Campus
3.3.4lp1	Acceptable Computer and Internet Use
3.3.4lp2	Email Communication
3.3.4lp3	Copyrighted Materials
3.3.4lp4	BANNER User Account Access
3.3.5lp1	Employee Telephone Use
3.3.5lp2	Use of Personal Mobile Devices (PMD) for Business Communications
3.3.6lp1	Use of Alcoholic Beverages on Campus Guidelines
3.3.6lp2	Culinary Alcohol
3.3.7lp	Tobacco-Free Environment
3.3.8	Records Management
3.3.9lp	Surplus Property
3.3.10lp1	Firearms, Weapons, and Explosives
3.3.11lp1	Severe Weather and Emergency Closing
3.3.12	Real Property Acquisitions and Leases
3.3.13p	Business Email Archiving, Retention and Investigation
3.3.14p	Open Records Requests
3.3.15	Environmental Protection
3.3.16p	Identify Theft Prevention
3.4.1	Emergency Preparedness, Health, Safety and Security
3.4.1lp1	Emergency Operations Planning
3.4.1p2	Business Continuity Planning
3.4.1p3	Exposure Control Plan
3.4.1p4	Hazard Communication Program Planning and Hazardous Material Inventory
3.4.1p5	Security
3.5.1lp1	Animals on Campus
3.5.1lp2	Solicitation
3.5.1lp3	Skateboards, Rollerblades, Bicycles, and Motorcycles on Campus

*Human Resources*
4.1.1	Recruiting and Hiring
4.1.1p1	Recruitment
4.1.1p2	Intra System Recruitment
4.1.1p3	Interviewing and Selection Guidelines
4.1.1lp4	Hiring, Interruption, & Termination of Part-Time Adjunct Faculty, Tutors, & Lab Assistants
4.1.1lp5	Reassignment & Appointment
4.1.1lp6	Full-time Faculty and Staff Teaching on an Adjunct Basis
4.1.1lp7	Posting Employment Opportunities (Career Services)
4.1.1lp8	Processes for Scheduling Part-Time Adjunct Faculty, Tutors, & Lab Assistants
4.1.2	Verifying Employment Eligibility
4.1.2p	Verifying Identity and Employment Eligibility
4.1.3lp1	Job Descriptions
4.1.4p	Categories of Employment
4.1.5	Verification of Employment
4.1.6	Employment Contracts
4.1.7	Personnel Files
4.1.7lp1	Collection, Retention and Release of Employment Records
4.1.7lp2	Employee Transcripts And Credentials
4.1.8lp1	Instructional Staff Work Assignments
4.1.9(p)	Background Investigations
4.3.1p	Unlawful Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation in Employment
4.3.2	Ethics and Standards of Conduct for Employees
4.3.2p1	Ethical Responsibilities of Employees
4.3.2p1	Consensual Relationships
4.3.2p3	Gifts, Honoraria, and Expenses
4.3.2p4	Standards of Business Conduct
4.3.2p5	Political Activity and Election Campaigns
4.3.2p6	Other Employement
4.3.2p7	Children in the Workplace
4.3.2lp1	Employee Dress Guidelines
4.3.3	Workplace Violence
4.3.4	Employment of Relatives
4.4.1lp	Positive Discipline
4.4.2p	Adverse Employment Actions
4.4.3	Employee Complaint Resolution
4.4.4	Performance Management
4.4.4lp1	Evaluation of Part-Time Hourly Employees
4.4.4lp2	Instructional Evaluation
4.5.1p	Family and Medical Leave Act Leave [FMLA]
4.5.2	Leave
4.5.2p1	Miscellaneous Leave
4.5.2p2	Leave Donation
4.5.2p3	Court Leave
4.5.2p4	Annual, Sick, and Personal Leave
4.5.2p5	Authorized and Contingent Leaves of Absence Without Pay
4.5.2p6	Military Leave
4.5.3(p)	Holidays
4.6.1	Medical and Physical Examinations
4.6.2p	Reasonable Accommodations in Employment
4.7.1	Travel
4.7.2p	Driver Qualification
4.8.1	Drug-Free Campus
4.8.1p1p2	Drug and Alcohol Testing
4.9.1p1	Retirement
4.9.2	Flexibile Benefits
4.9.3	Tuition Remission and Reimbursement for Approved Staff Development
4.9.4p	Employee Assistance Program
4.9.5(p)	Staff Development
4.9.5p2	Faculty Development
4.9.6	Defense and Indemnification
4.9.7(p)	Payroll Deductions
4.9.8p	Direct Deposit of Pay
4.9.9	Workers' Compensation and Return to Work
4.9.9p	Workers' Compensation - Reporting an Accident

*Academic Affairs*
5.1.1p	Academic Freedom
5.1.2	General Program and Program Specific Standards
5.1.2p	Business Affiliation Agreements
5.1.2lp1	Faculty Credentials
5.1.3lp1	Program Directors & Division Chairs
5.1.3lp2	Faculty Role in Governance
5.1.3lp	Program Advisory Committees
5.1.4	Service Delivery Area
5.1.5lp	College Calendar
5.1.6	Structure of Associate Degree, Diploma, and Technical Certificate of Credit Programs
5.1.7(p)	Warranty of Degree, Diploma, and Technical Certificate of Credit Graduates
5.1.8(p)	Articulation and Transfer
5.1.9lp1	New Program Approval
5.1.9lp2	New Program Submission
5.1.10(p)	College Campuses
5.1.11lp	Live Work
5.1.12lp1	Library General Use Requirements
5.1.12lp2	Library Community Patrons
5.1.12lp3	Library Collection
5.1.13lp1	Instructor Absences
5.1.14lp1	Learning Support
5.1.15lp1	Test Proctoring
5.1.16lp1	Tutoring Services
5.1.17lp1	Course Prequisite Time Limits
5.1.18lp1	Work Ethics Instruction
5.2.1	Non-Credit Instruction
5.2.2	Quick Start
5.2.3	Adult Education
5.2.3lp1	Adult Education Program Application Fee Waiver
5.2.3lp2	Adult Education Assessment
5.2.3lp3	Local Adult Education Assessment
5.2.4	General Education Development (GED^®) Testing and Diplomas

*Student Affairs*
6.1.1(p)	Unlawful Harassment and Discrimination of Students
6.1.2p	Sexual Harassment and Misconduct
6.2.1(p)	Admissions & Assessment
6.2.1lp1	Alternate Placement Means (COVID-19)
6.2.1p2	Admissions Categories
6.2.1p3	Admissions Process
6.2.1p4	Admissions Process for International Students
6.2.1p5	Assessment
6.2.1p6	Competitive Admissions
6.2.1lp1	No Shows
6.2.1lp3	Academic Dismissal Waivers
6.2.1lp4	Credit Hour Enrollment
6.2.1lp5	Directed Independent Study
6.2.1lp6	Withdrawal
6.2.1lp7	Hardship Withdrawals
6.2.1lp8	Readmission
6.2.1lp9	Re-testing
6.2.2(p)	Determination of Residency
6.2.2p2	Residency Requirements for Graduation
6.2.2lp1	Waiver of Out-of-State/Out-of-Country Tuition
6.3.1(p)	Student Records
6.3.1p	Definition of Directory Information
6.3.1lp1	Review of Student Records
6.3.1lp2	Withholding Directory Information
6.3.2p	Student Records Retention Schedule
6.3.2lp1	Credit Program Records Retention
6.3.2lp2	Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act
6.3.2lp3	Protecting the Privacy of Distance Education Students
6.3.2lp4	Double Majors
6.3.2lp5	Dual Enrollment
6.4.1(p)	College Catalogs
6.4.2	Student Housing
6.4.3(p)	National Emergencies
6.4.3p1	Emergency Procedures
6.5.1	Academic Standards, Evaluations and Appeals
6.5.1p	Grade Appeals
6.5.2	Student Grade Point Average
6.5.2p1	Grade Point Calculation
6.5.2p2	Grading
6.5.2lp1	Plagiarism
6.5.2lp2	Academic Standing
6.5.3p	Student Grievance
6.6.1(p)	Student Tuition & Fees
6.6.2p	Student Activity Fund
6.6.3p	Student Organization/Club Accounts
6.6.4	Satisfactory Academic Progress for Students on Federal/State Financial Aid
6.7.2p1	Student Discipine
6.7.2p2	Model Student Conduct Code
6.8.1p	Field Trips
6.8.2	Student Accident Insurance
6.8.3(p)	Student Athletics

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