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Policy Development Workflow
- Identify Need
- Need for policy or policy revision identified and communicated to the Responsible Executive
- Responsible Executive determines whether to proceed and if so, decides its relative priority
- Draft
- Responsible Executive assigns Responsible Office(s) to develop draft Policy using template while working with the relevant stakeholders and subject matter experts.
- Legal Review
- Draft policy submitted to OGC for legal review
- Substantive changes are incorporated, as necessary, by Responsible Office.
- This step may be repeated and/or expedited as needed until approved by Responsible Executive
- Cabinet Review
- Draft Policy is circulated to the Cabinet by Responsible Executive for discussion and feedback, as appropriate.
- This step may be repeated and/or expedited as needed
- Stakeholder Group Input
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OGC sends notice of new Policy to Stakeholder Groups (AUSG, SBA, GLC, Staff Council, Faculty Senate, PCDI and President's Council) and provides deadline for feedback.
- Feedback recorded by OGC, summarized and shared with Responsible Executive and documented for the record
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- Approval
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Responsible Executive coordinates the review and any additional approvals that may be required by the President or the Board of Trustees, as applicable.
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When final Policy is approved by all required parties, Responsible Executive sends signed copy to OGC.
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- Archive
- OGC maintains signed version of final Policy in central repository, along with all current, superseded, and withdrawn policies.
- Communicate
- OGC posts new Policy online in Policy Library and issues announcement of new policy