TASB College eLaw Index
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Governance
Governance Generally
- Implementing Senate Bill 17 at Your Community College
- Social Media Guidelines for Community College Board Members
- Trustees and Technology
- Community College Board Member Resignations
- Working with Your College Attorney
- Community College Grievance Process
- What Laws Apply to Community Colleges?
Records
- Community College Records Management and the Public Information Act
- Board Member Access to Community College Records
Conflicts
- Required Conflict of Interest Disclosures Chart
- Dual Office Holding Issues for Community College Board Trustees
- Board Members as Employees and Volunteers at the Community College
- Gifts to Community College Trustees
Open Meetings Act - Basics
Open Meetings Procedures
- Meeting Notice Requirements
- Emergency Meetings
- Public Comment
- Voting
- Remote Participation in Board Meetings
- Regular Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Emergency Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Regular Meeting Minutes
Open Meetings Act - Closed Meetings
- Closed Meeting Topics and Procedures
- Closed Meeting Records
- Attendance at Closed Meetings
- Certified Agenda
Coronavirus
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act Employee Leave Provisions
- Responding to the Risk of Infectious Disease in the College Community
- Personnel Issues During Disasters, Emergencies, and College Closings
- Sample Resolutions on Personnel Issues During Disasters, Emergencies, and College Closings
Discrimination and Harassment
- Incorporating the New Title IX Regulations into Policy
- Title IX Regulations and State Law Side-by-Side
First Amendment and Campus Expression
Elections and Tax
- Deadlines for May 2024 Community College Elections
- Overview of Budget & Tax Rate Adoption
- Timelines for Budget & Tax Rate Adoption
- Notice and Website Posting Requirements for Budget & Tax Rate Adoption
- Sample Notices of Community College Budget & Tax Rate Adoption
- Board Procedures & Resolutions for Adopting Tax Rate
- Community College Voter-Approval Tax Rate Elections in 2023
- After the Board Election
- Frequently Asked Questions about Legislative Advocacy
Business
- Required and Optional Internet Postings
- Community College Website Accessibility
- Prohibited Community College Contracts—Boycotts, Firearms Discrimination, and Foreign-Owned Companies
- Community College Board Members Guide to Purchasing
- Use of Public Funds by Community Colleges
Safety and Emergency Management
- Conducting Searches of Community College Employees and Students
- Epinephrine Auto-Injectors Administered by Community Colleges
- Firearms on Community College Campuses
Personnel
- Leaves and Absences Policy Considerations
- Conflicts of Interest: Nepotism
- Affordable Care Act
- Publication of Equal Employment Opportunity Statements
Instruction
- Dual Credit Agreements with School Districts
- Provision of High School and College Credit Only Instruction at School Districts