Updated February 23, 2023

The Academic and Student Affairs Council (ASAC) met on February 3, 2023, and made the following decisions: 

Deferred action on the proposed changes to the administrative rule and the draft guidelines related to faculty evaluations. The ASAC members would like to provide additional opportunities for feedback on those two items. Comment deadline is April 1, 2023. 

4.1201.02 | Faculty Evaluations

4.1201.02.1 | Faculty Evaluations Guidelines/Procedures (new)

Please follow this link to review the draft administrative rules and submit your comments. 

About the Administrative Rules Update Process

The college’s administrative rules (AR) are informed by Board policy and need to be updated occasionally due to various reasons, such as changes to administrative or operational practices, organizational structure, laws, or legal codes.

ACC’s shared governance model establishes two councils to review changes to these rules: 

  • Administrative Services Council 
  • Academic and Student Affairs Council

A third council, the Shared Governance Review Council, reviews and makes recommendations to the chancellor with respect to the structure, functions, and membership of councils and committees at ACC.

After a change is proposed to the respective council, it is presented to the ACC community. Employees have at least 20 days to comment on a proposed change. 

After reviewing the feedback, the appropriate council can either send it to the chancellor to be signed or, if there are significant changes, it can be sent out for comment again. 

Closed for Comments

The Academic and Student Affairs Council met on February 3, 2023, and made the following decisions: 

Approved on first reading two updates to administrative rules related to adjunct faculty to be sent out for comments. The first is AR 2.0703.03 | Adjunct Faculty Participation in Shared Governance, and the second is AR 4.0401.03 | Placement Credit for Adjunct Faculty. Comment deadline was March 1, 2023.

Approved on first reading proposed additions to the TSI Completion course list to be sent out for comments. Comment deadline was March 1, 2023.

The Academic and Student Affairs Council met on November 4, 2022, and approved proposed changes to the following Administrative Rules:

4.1201.02 | Faculty Evaluations

4.1201.02.1 | Faculty Evaluations Guidelines/Procedures (new)

6.1202.03 | Prohibition of the Use of Alcoholic Beverages at ACC Student Life Sponsored Events

The deadline for comments was Friday, January 20, 2023.

The Administrative Services Council (ASC) has reviewed and approved proposed changes to the following Guideline/Procedure (G/P) and posted the draft for comments from ACC employees:

4.0503.03.1  Non-Accrued Paid Leave Guideline/Procedure

–  The G/P is being updated due to recent changes to the College’s parental leave policy. 
–  There are no proposed changes to the Administrative Rule; however, comments are welcome on that document as well. 

The deadline for comments was January 16, 2023.

Austin Community College District (ACC) seeks your feedback for changes to updates to one of our Administrative Rules (ARs) and Guideline/Procedures (G/P).

4.0901.01 | Employee Freedom from Discrimination

4.0901.01.1 | Employee Freedom from Discrimination (G/P)

The proposed changes are non-substantive in nature, including correcting department and position titles, contact information, and punctuation.

The deadline for comments was Wednesday, November 23, 2022.