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Abandoned property, 63.01, 76.09, 78.01

Absence

        faculty

                for observance of religious holy day, 32.12

                resulting from illness, 32.11

                while providing outside consulting services, 32.07

        from duty ordered for misconduct, 70.31

        leaves of

                and Personnel Action Form due dates, 70.28

                classified, professional, administrative, executive management, and faculty employees, 70.01

                faculty, 32.15

                faculty development, 32.29

                for alcohol or drug treatment program, 70.35

                from graduate program, official, 64.02

                outside between-term leave and graduate student employees, 64.11

                reporting, 70.32

      student

        excused, unexcused, excessive, and resulting from illness, 34.04

for observance of religious holy day, 34.19

while participating in official university business, 34.04, 34.06, 79.13

Abuse

        alcohol and/or drug, 10.04, 70.31, 70.33, 70.35, 74.09, 76.02

emotional, 70.24A

employee private/personal information, 70.40

of

                chair lifts, 61.08

                contractor parking passes, 78.04

                interpreter services, 77.02

                keys to university buildings, 61.15

                sick leave, 32.11, 70.01

                smoking policy, 60.15

                university cell phone use, 48.04

physical, 32.04, 70.24A, 70.31

verbal, 70.31A

Academic

        Achievement Award, President’s, 32.24 

        Advising Awards, President's Excellence in, 10.16
        activities and use of motor vehicles, commercial carrier, and aircraft, 34.06, 79.13           

        administrator evaluation, 30.15

         

        appointments and titles, 32.17  

        calendar, 30.12

        classes, scheduling, 61.23

        council, 30.04

        deans [see Deans (academic, associate, or assistant)]

        dishonesty

                faculty, 32.04, 64.10, 74.08

                students, 34.03, 34.12         

        facilities and space, use of, 61.23             

        freedom/artistic expression, 30.09

        minimum requirements, 34.04    

        personnel (independent), using services of, 54.09

        probation and suspension of

                graduate students, 64.04

                undergraduate students, 34.07, 34.15

        programs

            new, 36.04

            strategic planning and assessment for, 10.13

        promotions of faculty members, evaluations for, 32.31        

        ranks (faculty), standards for, 32.01

        regulations concerning student performance, 34.04

        relationships and conflicts of interest, 32.33          

        responsibilities for noncredit outreach and distance education activities, 30.05       

        responsibility, student’s, 34.04

        status (undergraduate students), 34.07

        workload calculation (faculty), 32.18

        year for faculty, definition of, 32.20

Acceptance of gifts and grants from private philanthropic sources, 02.03

Access

        requirements to subcontractors’ records (OMB Circular A-133), 65.05             

        to

                alcohol and drug testing records, 70.35

                building equipment rooms, 61.07

                classified information, 74.10

                information on the BSR/ADVANCE System, 02.05

                information regarding campus crime, 76.02

                public records, 01.04

                ramps, 61.24, 78.01

                speak within physical confines of TTU, 30.13

                university

                        building roofs, 61.37

                        buildings and control/issue of keys, 61.15

                        classrooms and academic facilities, 61.23

                        facilities, programs, services, etc., and ADA, 10.08

Accident/s

        and alcohol/drug testing, 70.35

        and Workers’ Compensation Insurance, 70.13

        during sponsored off-campus student trips/activities, 34.06              

        involving university vehicles, 80.08

        reports

                involving university-owned motor vehicles, 80.07, 80.08

                of injuries caused by sharp objects, 60.10

        travel, emergency evacuation insurance, 79.05

        work-related, 70.13
Accommodation
   
for persons with disabilities, 10.08, 34.22, 66.01, 70.01, 70.39
    reasonable, 34.22, 70.01, 70.39

Account manager

        and

                compensation in excess of base salary, 70.16

        departmental deposits, 62.07

                financial administration of construction projects, 61.25

                gifts of securities, 02.09

                interdepartmental transfers, 62.27

                purchase of food, 72.05

        designation and signature authority, 62.03

        of scholarships and fellowship grants, 62.17

        project, responsibilities of, 65.08

Accounting system   

        and charging departments for goods and/or services, 62.26

        use of the university’s, by student and other organizations, 62.24

Acting president, 10.02

Activities

        extracurricular, scheduled within dead week and final examination period, 34.10            

        fraudulent or illegal, reporting allegations of, 10.14

        internal services, establishing and operating, 62.23

        of the TTU museum, 30.03         

        scheduled outside regular class time, 34.17

        university-related, travel to, by motor vehicle, commercial carrier, and aircraft, 79.13

ADA (see Americans with Disabilities Act)

Adding courses, 36.01

Additional

        compensation, 70.16, 70.17

        employment, 70.15

Address list, employee, 70.21

Administrative

        costs of grants, contracts, and other sponsored projects, 65.08

        councils, 30.04

        holds on student records, 30.25, 34.05, 34.12, 62.04, 62.13

        intervention in research or scholarly activity, 74.02

        office hours, 70.06

        positions funded by federal grants, discontinuance of, 65.07

        salary supplements, 70.16

        systems identifier codes, 62.32

Admission

        and financial arrangements of international students, 62.20         

        and non-affiliated study abroad programs, 34.20  

        application for, to off-campus residence courses taught in-state, 36.06

        following scholastic suspension, 34.07, 34.15        

        Graduate School, 64.01

        of guilt from conviction of criminal statute involving alcohol/drugs, 70.35      

        provisional, 34.14

        Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meeting, 70.01

        special (non-degree), 64.01

        to doctoral program, period of residency after, 64.02            

        to shortened format courses, 36.05

        undergraduate, 34.01

Adoption of a child and parental leave, 70.01, 70.32

Advance payments

        and room and board fees, 30.25

        and sale of service to non-campus organizations or businesses, 62.23

        and services of independent academic personnel, 54.09

        for purchase of goods and services, 72.09

        of tuition and fees, 62.13

Advanced placement, 34.01, 34.08

Advances, travel

        and prospective employees, 79.10

        and the state travel card, 79.02, 79.03

        guidelines for issuance of, 79.07

Advertising

        and

                affirmative action/equal employment opportunity, 10.11, 40.01  

                historically underutilized businesses, 72.12   

                sales tax, 62.30

                the Texas Tech name, symbols, logos, and seals, 01.06               

        for

                construction services contracts, 61.40            

                position vacancies, 70.11

                security-sensitive positions, 70.20   

        in local telephone directories, 48.02

Advising Awards, President's Excellence in Academic, 10.16

Affinity and nepotism, 10.11, 54.08, 70.08

Affirmative Action and

        employment of student employees, 70.27

        equal employment opportunity policy, 40.01         

        ethics policy, 10.11, 70.31

        faculty recruitment, 32.16

Agency

        funds for publication of professional journals, 62.22

        organizations and use of TTU services, 62.09

Agenda for Board of Regents' meetings, 01.01

Aircraft

        charter or rental, 79.01

        made available to available to TTU by other than commercial operations, requirements for, 79.13              

        piloted by TTU personnel, 79.14

        university-related travel by, 79.13, 79.14

Airline fares, contracts for, 79.02

Alarm, alert, and warning systems

        and underground trenching of utilities, 61.11        

        fire, 60.12

        intentional sounding false fire, 70.31       

        severe weather, 76.12

Alcohol

        and

                drug testing, 70.35

                Employee Assistance Program, 70.33

                illegal drugs, 10.04

                motor vehicle operator conduct, 79.13, 80.07 

                research data involving human subjects, 74.09

        consumption/possession while on the job, 70.31

        serving and/or purchasing, 72.05, 79.08

Alien/s

        and participation in Social Security, 70.05              

        employment certification, application for, 70.38
        nonresident, payments to, 72.10

Allegations of

discrimination, demotion, decrease in salary and/or suspension without pay, non-faculty employees, 70.10           

        faculty misconduct, 32.04, 64.10

        misconduct in research or scholarly activity, 64.10, 74.08

        sexual harassment, 10.09
        wrongdoing, reporting and investigating, 10.14

Allowances,

        car, 80.06

        contract, for construction projects, 61.25

        exclusion, and tax-sheltered annuity program, 70.09

        institutional, and cost of education funds, 62.16, 64.08

        travel, for TTU employees, 79.01

        travel, of prospective employees, 79.10

Alternate and light duty assignments, 70.39

Alumni

        and donor database (BSR/ADVANCE System), 02.05

        association/s, 02.02, 62.09, 62.24, 70.05   

        Association New Faculty Award, 32.24

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 10.08, 40.01, 70.01, 70.31, 70.33

Amplification equipment, use of, 61.02

Animals

        and hunting on TTU property, 76.05

        in Texas Tech buildings (non-laboratory), 61.38

Annual

        approval of student fees, 62.13   

        campus master plan/capital improvement program update, 61.36       

        disclosure of financial interests by investigators, 70.37       

        driver license check of authorized drivers, 80.07   

        faculty performance evaluation, 32.08, 32.31, 32.32

        faculty report, 32.32

        fees, campus mail services, 67.01             

        income from endowments, 02.08               

military leave or emergency mobilization, 70.01

of course changes, 36.01

performance appraisal for full-time staff employees, 70.12

performance conference

        academic deans, associate or assistant deans, and department chairpersons, 32.03              

        director of the TTU Center at Junction, 30.11

        pay plan review, 70.14

        physical inventory of property, 63.08                      

        renewal of certain faculty employment contracts, 32.20

        report of delinquent obligations, 62.31    

        reports of centers and institutes, 30.17  

        timetable and responsibilities for telephone directories, 48.02

        training for 15-passenger van drivers, 79.13

Annuities

        as gifts to TTU, 02.03

        in optional retirement program, 70.05, 70.07

        retirement, 70.02, 70.05               

        tax sheltered program, 70.01, 70.05, 70.09

Appeals

        and

                comprehensive performance evaluation (tenured faculty), 32.31

                conflicts of interest, 32.33

                faculty grievance procedures, 32.05

                faculty performance evaluations, 32.32

                faculty research and scholarly activity, 74.02

                grading procedures, 34.12

                graduate students, 64.07    

                intellectual property rights, 74.04

                non-faculty employee complaints and grievances, 70.10, 70.31  

                sexual harassment complaints, 10.09

                student grades, 34.03

        of Graduate Council decisions on nominations, 64.10

Applicants

        and

                faculty recruitment procedures, 32.16

                faculty replacement procedures, 32.26            

/or employees with disabilities, 10.08, 10.11, 40.01, 70.01, 70.05, 70.11, 70.14, 70.17, 70.24A, 70.27, 70.31, 70.39

                review of vitae (prospective faculty), 32.27

                salary administration policy, 70.14

                workplace threats, 76.10

        complaints and concerns (non-faculty) of, 70.10

        faculty, not holding doctoral degrees, 32.28

        for security-sensitive positions, 70.20

Application for

        legal permanent residence status (employees), 70.38

        official travel, 79.04

        security clearance, 74.10

Appointment/s

        and nepotism, 10.11    

        and titles, faculty, 32.17             

        emeritus, 10.07

        justification of, (faculty), 32.26 

        notary, 62.02

        of

                designated school officials for the F-1 student immigration program, 30.28

                exceptional faculty, 70.14   

                graduate faculty, 64.10

                persons in temporary worker (H-1B) immigration status, 70.36

                staff employees, 70.11, 70.14

                student employees, 70.14, 70.27

        special full-time faculty, non tenure-acquiring, 32.34

Approval

        financial, of outreach and distance education, 62.36

        for

                building and tunnel self-help projects, 61.35

                departmental distribution of payroll checks, 69.01

                fund balance carry forwards, guidelines and process, 62.34

                off-campus residence courses taught in-state, 36.06

                ringing bells on campus, 30.21

                use of privately-owned or leased aircraft, 79.14             

        of

                account transactions, 62.03

                budgets for sponsored projects, 65.09

                cable installation in tunnels and/or buildings, 61.12

                car allowances, 80.06

                cash control plans, 62.05

                construction projects, 61.25

                contracts and agreements, 54.01, 54.02

                course additions, deletions, and changes, 36.01

                faculty in non tenure-acquiring ranks, 32.34

                incidental fees, 30.29
                international travel, 79.05

                new academic programs, courses for new programs, program terminations, etc., 36.04

                outreach activities, 30.05
                TTU-related land uses, conditions for, 01.02

        procedures for contracts, 54.01

        process for requesting official travel status, 79.04

        to earn extra compensation through Outreach and Distance Education, 32.10

        to modify a center or institute, 30.17

Archives

        Southwest Collection, 66.01

        Turkish Oral Narrative, 66.01

        Vietnam, 66.01

Area

         forum (free speech), 61.02

        or department chairpersons, responsibilities of, 32.03

        reserved parking space management, 78.03

Armed robbery incidents, training and procedures for handling, 76.08

Artifacts collected on state or federal land, 74.03

Artistic expression and academic freedom, 30.09, 32.06, 74.04

Asbestos

        abatement requiring respirators, 60.05

        and installation of cabling in tunnels and/or tunnels, 61.12

        awareness training, 60.08, 61.12, 61.35          

        compliance and abatement program, 60.08

        in building and tunnel self-help projects, 61.35

        survey, 61.28

Assessment of strategic plans, 10.13

Assignment/s

        administrative, faculty with, 64.10

        early return-to-work, alternate, and light duty, 70.39

        mail stop, 67.01

        of

                cellular telephones, 48.04

                duty point, 70.06, 70.17

                faculty titles, 32.17

                ownership rights of intellectual property, 74.04

                parking spaces, 78.01, 78.03

                positions in salary administration policy, 70.14

                responsibility for

                        compliance with the Hazard Communication Act, 60.02

                        control and issue of keys to university buildings, 61.15

                        handling bomb threats, 76.06

                        handling employee deaths, 70.22

                        maintaining safe academic, working, and recreational environments, 60.01

                space in classrooms and academic facilities, 61.23

                student employees, 70.27

                teaching load, 32.18

                telephone calling cards, 48.01

                university vehicles, 80.07

                workweek, 70.06

Assistance dog training for employees with a disability, 70.01

Assistant deans

        annual performance conference/evaluation, 30.15, 32.03     

        responsibilities of, 32.03

Associate deans

        annual performance conference/evaluation, 30.15, 32.03     

        council, 30.04

        responsibilities of, 32.03

Athletic facilities

        posting notices in, 61.03

        projectiles in, 10.06

        smoking in, 60.15

        use of, 61.02

Athletics, Office of Intercollegiate

        and compliance with rules and regulations, 10.05

        and licensing, use of indicia, logographics, and symbols, 54.03

        audits, 10.05

Auditors, external, 04.02

Audit/s

        and reviews by external auditors, 04.02

        internal, 04.01

        of

                cash/change funds, 62.05  

                charge tickets or IVs, 62.26, 72.05

                intercollegiate athletics, 10.05           

                tuition/fees exemptions and waivers, 62.13

        requirements of OMB Circular A-133 (sub-recipients), 65.05

Authority

        contracting, 54.02        

        president’s delegation of, 10.02

        request for, to remove/delete equipment from departmental inventory, 63.08

        to approve travel, 10.11, 79.01

        to procure, 63.08          

        use of, 10.11

Auxiliary

        business services, sales by, 62.15

        enterprise contractors, 54.05

        facilities

                and asbestos compliance/abatement, 60.08

                painting in, 61.04

                use of space in, 61.23

        services and Outreach and Distance Education, 30.05

Awards

        faculty, 10.15, 10.16, 32.24, 32.32, 70.26

        non-faculty, 10.15, 10.16, 70.26, 70.30, 70.34

        reporting and withholding taxes on, 69.02 

        student, 10.15 

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Baccalaureate

        degree and admission to the Graduate School, 64.01

        faculty, certification of qualifications, 32.02

        International, and credit by examination, 34.08
Background checks (criminal) of students, 34.25

Banquets, purchasing food and refreshments for, 72.05

Barnie E. Rushing, Jr., Faculty Distinguished Research Award, 32.24

Bell towers, music played from, 30.14

Bells, ringing, 30.21, 61.02               

Benefits

        and Employees’ Assistance Program (EAP), 70.33

        and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 70.32

        and graduate student employees, 64.11

        eligibility for, 70.05

        gifts, and honoraria, 10.11

        prohibited, 10.11

        retirement, 70.02

        status during leave without pay, 64.11, 70.01, 70.05

Between-term leave, insurance coverage during, 64.11, 70.05

Bicycle/s

        abandoned, 76.09

        as a rented or public conveyance, 79.01 

        traffic and parking rules and regulations regarding, 78.01

Bid/s

        and advertising methods for construction services contracts, 61.40 

        and historically underutilized businesses (HUBs), 72.12     

        and sale of surplus, 63.08

        requirements for purchase of goods and services, 72.09

Biological

        materials and intellectual property rights, 74.04

        safety and recombinant DNA research, 74.05

        safety cabinets, 60.04

        wastes, 60.24

Blood-borne pathogen protection program, 60.24

Blood donation leave, 70.01

Board of Regents' meetings, agenda for, 01.01

Bomb threat procedures, 76.06

Bone marrow transplant leave, 70.01

Books

        acquisition of, 66.01    

        and

                educational use of copyrighted works, 30.22

                faculty library privileges, 66.01

                intellectual property rights, 74.04

                interlibrary loan, 66.01

                plagiarism, 34.12  

Braille, large print, taped format, and special accommodations, 10.08, 66.01

faculty sale of (textbooks), to students, 30.18

library circulation of, 66.01

pick-up and delivery of, 66.01

publication of, by TTU Press, 30.19

published by TTU Press, ensuring quality of, 30.19

rare, 66.01

reserved, 66.01

scholarly, 30.19

Branch libraries, 66.02

Breach of public trust, 10.11, 32.04, 61.01, 70.31, 70.37

Breaks from work (rest periods), 70.06

Broadcast

        services (News and Publication Bureaus), 68.01

        stations

                KOHM-FM, 30.07

                KTXT-FM, 30.01

                KTXT-TV, 30.06

BSR/ADVANCE System, 02.05

Budget/s

        and

                carry forwards, 62.34          

                creation of new positions, 70.14       

                faculty appointments, 32.17              

                financial administration of construction projects, 61.25

                patent and copyright royalty income, 74.06   

                salary administration policy, 70.14   

        annual operating, for TTU, 70.14              

        approval for extra compensation for faculty, 32.10                

        establishing, adjusting, and/or funding for contracts or agreements, 54.02

        for grants, contracts, and other sponsored projects, 65.09

        for sponsored projects before award receipt, 65.10

        procedure for faculty salary increases, 32.08, 70.14

Building/s

         and utility charges, 62.35   
        and zoning codes for land development, 01.02        

        animals in, 61.38          

        asbestos compliance and abatement in, 60.08        

        bicycles, skates, or skateboards on or in, 78.01     

        control and issue of keys to, 61.15           

        decorations and decorative materials, 60.12

        electronic or keyless locking systems in, 61.14      

        equipment rooms and tunnels, 61.07

        exterior signs on, 61.22               

        fire protection and evacuation of, 60.12
        installation of cabling in, 61.12

        interiors

                furniture, floor covering, wall covering, and window treatment, 61.29                

                painting, 61.04

                signs on, 61.20     

        keying systems in, 61.16            

        maintenance service in, role of work coordinator, 61.09

        modifications, equipment purchases requiring, 72.01           

        posting notices in or on, 61.03  

        renumbering rooms in, 61.21

        request for name change of, 61.22            

        roofs, access to, 61.37

        self-help projects, 61.35

        smoking in, 60.15         

        use of

                and scheduling space in, 61.23

                for personal purposes, 10.11, 61.01, 61.02, 61.39, 70.31

Bulletin boards

        electronic, posting procurements exceeding $25,000 on, 72.09

        posting notices on, 61.03

Business

        activities, education-related, 62.15           

        personal

                use of parking permit to conduct, 78.05, 78.06

                use of state vehicle to conduct, 10.11, 61.01, 70.31, 80.02, 80.06, 80.07

        purposes, private, use of TTU name or logo for, 01.06

        reply mail, 67.01           

        travel accounts, 79.06

        university

                student absence because of, 34.04, 34.06, 79.13            

                use of loaned or leased vehicles to conduct, 80.06

                use of personal vehicle to conduct,  72.06, 79.08, 79.13, 80.06, 80.07

Businesses

        historically underutilized, 72.09, 72.12     

        non-campus or private, selling services to, 62.15, 62.23

        owned by minorities and women, purchasing from, 72.09, 72.12

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Cable

        and underground trenching of utilities, 61.11

        installation

                and asbestos compliance and abatement, 60.08

                and self-help work projects, 61.28, 61.35                         

                in buildings and tunnels, 61.12, 61.35

        transmissions via, and use of copyrighted works, 30.22

Calendar

        academic, 30.12

        of events, official university, 68.02

        of events for contracts and agreements, 54.01

        time limits and

                appeals of Graduate Council nomination decisions, 64.10                           

                charitable contributions to TTU, 69.05

                compensatory and overtime provisions, 70.17

                doctoral residence requirements, 64.02

                eligibility for benefits, 70.05

employee notice of resignation, 70.31

                faculty grievance procedures, 32.05, 74.04

                faculty leaves of absence, 32.15

                faculty sick leave, 32.11

                family and medical leave, 70.32                         

                guidelines for use of television broadcast programs, 30.22

                independent contractor status, 62.37

                initial period of insurance eligibility

                        graduate student employees, 64.11, 70.05                                               

                        regular employees, 70.05

                leaves of absence, 70.01

                maximum contributions to tax-sheltered annuities, 70.09

                non-faculty employee performance evaluations, 70.12

                parking violations, 78.01

                payroll deductions, 69.04

                processing payment of death benefits, 70.22

                student withdrawal from class, 34.05                                               

Call back time, 70.06

Calling cards, telephone, 48.01, 61.01

Campus

        accidents/collisions involving university vehicles occurring on, 80.08

        alarm, alert, and warning systems, 60.12, 76.12

        alcoholic beverages served on, 72.05

        call back to, after normal working hours, 70.06      

        departmental work coordinator program, 61.09

        elevators, general and emergency procedures, 61.08

        employee deaths occurring on, 70.22

        events

                decorations and decorative materials for, 60.12

                official university calendar of, 68.02

        fires on, 60.12               

        flags displayed on, 76.04           

        grounds, use of, 10.11, 61.01, 61.02, 61.39, 70.31

        health and safety program, 60.01              

        housing, 30.25

        mail services, 67.01

        master plan, 01.02, 61.36

        of the TTU center at Junction, 30.11

        ringing bells on, 30.21

        safety website, 76.02  

        security and safety regulations, 61.07, 61.37

        security policy and crime statistics, 76.02

        telephone directory, 48.02, 70.21

        traffic and parking rules and regulations, 61.18, 61.24, 78.01, 78.03, 78.04

        vehicle refueling and propane station on, 80.05

        visiting speakers on, 30.13

Cancellation

        charge for travel services, 79.01

        of

                admission for students with foreign academic credentials, 34.01

                insurance and other benefits, 70.05 

                insurance coverage of graduate student employees, 64.11

                payroll deductions for

                        charitable contributions to TTU, 69.05

                        membership fees, 69.04

                        parking permit fee, 69.06

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