Roles & Responsibilities

Policy Sponsor

• Developing or revising policy and seeing process through to completion of approved policy
• Drafting policy
• Identifying key stakeholders, obtaining and considering input
• Ensuring conformity with applicable laws and regulations
• Ensuring conformity with existing University policies

Responsible University Official (Dean, VP, EVP - University official responsible for compliance with the policy and with related laws and regulations)

• Ensuring that all relevant stakeholders have been engaged and input has been duly considered
• Ensuring that process has been developed for effective and efficient implementation of policy
• Review and approval of policy
• Review to ensure ongoing compliance with applicable regulations

Office of Planning & Policy

• Working with Policy Sponsor to determine appropriate review process, including distinguishing between major and minor revisions
• Providing policy template to be used
• Providing information about existing policies, processes, or stakeholders that Policy Sponsor should be aware of in drafting/revising policy
• Provide assistance with drafting, as needed
• Posting to University Policy Library
• Working with Policy Sponsor to ensure that University community is informed of new and revised policies and associated processes