Stephen F. Austin State University

To: All Faculty and Staff
From: Dr. Scott Gordon, President
Date: April 23, 2021
Subject: Newly Revised University Policies

The following chart summarizes the changes that were made to university policies implemented or revised at this week’s meeting of the Board of Regents. Please follow the link from the name of the policy to the newest version in the SFA Policy Manual. You may follow the link on the description of the action/change for each policy to view all the revisions made to that policy.

Policy Name	Policy Number	Action/Change
Best Value Procurement	17.1.	Minor wording changes.
Cellular Telephone and Wireless Communication Devices	3.6.	Edited for clarity.
Commencement	6.8.	Minor wording changes.
Course Grades	5.5.	Minor wording changes.
Dead Week	7.8.	Minor wording changes.
Delegated Purchasing Authority	17.5.	Updated for audit observation and other minor revisions.
Digital Millennium Copyright	9.3.	Edited for clarity.
Emergency Operations	13.8.	Edited for clarity.
Establishing a New Departmental Account: Fund-Organization-Program (FOP)	3.12.	Edited for clarity.
Expenditure Authority for Financial Transactions	3.13.	Minor wording changes.
Export Control	2.15.	No changes.
Extra-institutional Learning Experiences in the BAAS Degree	5.11.	Minor wording changes.
Gramm Leach Bliley Act Required Information Security and Identity Theft Prevention	14.4.	14.5 Combined with policy 14.4.
Identity Theft Prevention	14.5.	Combined with 14.4. and deleted.
Insurance and Other Benefits	12.10.	Minor updates.
Memberships	17.10.	Combined with policy 17.1. and deleted.
Mobile Device Applications	15.2.	Minor updates.
Nepotism	11.16.	Minor updates.
Outside Employment	11.19.	No changes.
Payment Card Acceptance and Security	14.8.	Edited for clarity.
Performance Management Plan	11.20.	Minor wording changes.
Probationary Period of Employment	11.21.	Minor wording changes.
Purchase Requisition	17.19.	Combined with policy 17.1. and deleted.
Direct Pay Disbursements	17.20.	Updated for audit observation and other minor revisions.
Restrictions on Contracting with and Paying Certain Vendors	17.23.	Combined with policy 17.1. and deleted.
Security Systems	14.10.	Minor updates.
Solicitation on Campus	16.25.	Minor wording changes.
Travel Card (T-Card)	3.30.	Minor wording changes.
University ID Cards	14.13.	Minor wording changes.