Process for Policy Review and Revision 

Policy Owners are the individuals responsible for implementing, communicating, reviewing, updating, and monitoring a University Policy and its implementation for compliance and effectiveness.

The Policy Owner is responsible for:

• Reviewing owned policies and identifiying needed revisions.
• Drafting revised policy using new template and consult with stakeholders impacted; communicate policy changes to individuals or offices that have impact.
• Sending to legal@mikeshiner.com for review and approval.
• Identify new policy need owned by the responsible office. 

The Policy Team (General Counsel/Compliance) is responsible for:

• Reviewing updated or drafted policy -  template, grammar, standards/regulations check, etc.
• Coordinate additional review with policy owner and other offices if needed.
• Send to policy authority (President, Provost, General Counsel, CFO) for approval as needed.
• Notify policy owner of approval and update/upload on policies website. 
• Communicate new policy or major changes to staff and faculty as needed. 
• Review and Identify new policy needs.