For changes made previously, please consult the record of previous changes.
| Date Change Made | Date Change Authorized | Authorized By | Document Changed | Description of Change |
| 9/20/2013 | 9/20/2013 | President | Organizational charts | Organizational charts were updated |
| 10/14/2013 | 10/13/2013 | President (via T. Buttafarro) | Harassment (CODAH) | A new version of the document was uploaded. |
| 2/19/2014 | 12/17/2013 | President | Background Check Process | New policy added |
| 2/19/2014 | 11/21/2013 | President | Cash Control Policy | New policy added |
| 2/19/2014 | 1/23/2014 | President | Position Classification & Promotion Policy | New policy added |
| 2/19/2014 | 1/13/2014 | President | Recruitment Policy & Procedures | New policy added |
| 6/2014 | 5/8/2014 | Faculty Senate, President | Syllabus Policy | A revision was posted |
| 6/2014 | 6/6/2014 | Faculty Senate, President | Credit Hour Definition | A revision was posted to add the definition of a studio course |
| 6/2014 | 6/6/2014 | Faculty Senate, President | Academic Evaluation Guidelines | The Summative and Formative Uses of Student Ratings document contains the official evaluation guidelines |
| 6/2014 | 6/6/2014 | Faculty Senate, President | Academic Course Evaluations | New language was added regarding distribution of course evaluation results |
| 8/2014 | 8/2014 | President | Petty Cash Policy | New policy added |
| 9/2014 | 9/2014 | President | Organizational charts | Organizational charts were updated |
| 10/2014 | 10/2014 | VP Student Life (R. Trietley) | Title IX Student Life Division Flowchart & Timeline | Updated document posted |
| 10/2014 | 10/2014 | VP Student Life (R. Trietley) | Code of Conduct | Updated link to current code posted |
| 10/2014 | 10/2014 | SGA (A. Noguerola, pres) | SGA Constitution | Updated link to current constitution posted |
| 10/2014 | 10/2014 | Cabinet/President | Employee Lodging Policy & Procedure | New policy added |
| 5/2014 | 10/2014 | Faculty referendum/Bd | Faculty Status & Welfare Handbook | A new version of the Handbook was uploaded, after proofreading |
| 9/2014 | 10/2014 | Faculty Senate/President | Transfer of Credit from Proprietary Schools Policy | Policy was deleted because it was obsolete |
| 9/2014 | 10/2014 | Faculty Senate/President | Transfer, Students, Community College Policy | Policy was deleted because it was obsolete |
| 9/2014 | 10/2014 | Faculty Senate/President | Clare Course Substitution Policy | Policy was deleted because it was obsolete |
| 9/2014 | 10/2014 | Faculty Senate/President | Transfer Students and Transfer Credits Policy | Policy was updated to reflect current practice |
| 12/2014 | 9/2014 | Board of Trustees | University Advancement: Gift Acceptance Policy | Policy was updated |
| 12/6/2013 | 3/2014 | Faculty Senate/President | Suspension, Discontinuance, or Consolidation of an Undergraduate Academic Program at SBU | Policy was updated |
| 4/10/2015 | 4/2015 | Faculty Senate/President | Syllabi policy | Policy was updated |
| 11/7/2014 | Faculty Senate | Faculty Senate Bylaws | Student Life committee name changed to Student Affairs | |
| 9162-15 | 0162015 | President | Gender-Based & Sexual Misconduct Policy | New policy was added |
| 11/2015 | 10/2015 | President/Cabinet | Financial Aid Policies --International Students--Academic Scholarships --Merit Scholarships-Semester Limit --ROTC Room & Board Benefits |
New policies |
| 11/2015 | 11/2015 | President/Cabinet | CODAH/Discrimination & Harassment | Policy was updated to reflect changes in law |
| 11/2015 | 9/2015 | Board | Board of Trustees Bylaws | Bylaws were updated |
| 11/2015 | 10/2015 | Faculty Senate/President | Grade Change Policy | Deleted mention of "IP" grade option since IP grades are no longer used. |
| 11/2015 | 10/2015 | Faculty Senate/President | Student Grade Appeals Policy | Deleted mentio of "WF" and "WP" grade options since these grades are no longer used. |
| 11/2015 | 11/2015 | Faculty Senate | Faculty Senate Bylaws | Bylaws were updated according to changes passed at the 11/13/2015 Senate meeting. |
| 2/2016 | 2/2016 | Director of Operations | Purchasing Card Policy | Updated document from 2005 version to 2016 version since changes were made. |
| 2/2016 | 2/2016 | Director of Operations | Student Complaint Procedures and Policy | New policy created for new Student Complaint Form system as well as new information. |
| 3/2016 | 3/2016 | Cabinet | Graduate Waivers-Ineligibility for Part-Time Employees Policy | New policy created for Grauate Ineligibility for Part-Time Employment Waiver |
| 5/2016 | 5/2016 | CODAH, Cabinet | Nepotism Policy | A revised Nepotism Policy was posted |
| 5/2016 | 5/2016 | CODAH, Cabinet | Consensual Relations Policy | A revised Consensual Relations Policy was posted |
| 6/2016 | 6/2016 | President | Travel Policy | A new SBU Travel Policy was posted |
| 6/2016 | 6/2016 | President/Board | Organizational charts | Updated organizational charts were posted |
| 8/2016 | 6/2016 | Board of Trustees | Board of Trustees Bylaws | A revised set of bylaws was posted |
| 8/2016 | 7/2016 | President/Cabinet | Withdrawal Refund Policy | A new policy was added |
| 8/2016 | 7/2016 | President/Cabinet | Tuition Remission Policy and Guidelines (including online graduate programs) | Updated policy and guidelines were posted |
| 8/2016 | 7/2016 | President/Cabinet | Military Aligned Student Assistance Grant | New Policy added |
| 8/2016 | 5/2016 | President/Cabinet | Information Security Policy & Procedures | A new policy and several standards/procedures were added. |
| 12/2016 | 12/2016 | President/Cabinet | Overtime pay policy | A revised overtime pay policy was added; the existing Employee and Administrator's Handbooks need to be revised. |
| 12/2016 | 12/2016 | President/Cabinet | Designated Holidays, Paid Time Off & Holiday Closure Policy | A revised holiday, paid time off & holiday closure policy was added; the existing Holiday Policy was removed (outdated) |
| 12/2016 | 12/2016 | President/Cabinet | Emergency Call-In Differential Policy | A new policy was added |
| 12/2016 | 12/2016 | President/Cabinet | Sick and Vacation Leave Programs: All Non-Faculty Employees | Revised sick and vacation leave program policy was added; the existing Employee and Administrator's Handbooks need to be revised. |
| 2/2017 | 2/2017 | Provost/VPAA | Administrator's Handbook--Administrative Appointments | The Department Chair section was added to the Administrative Appointments page. |
| 4/2017 | 4/2017 | President/Cabinet | Service & Emotional Support Animals Policy | A new policy was added |
| 4/2017 | 4/2017 | Tuition Remission Policy | Revisions were made to the existing policy. | |
| 4/27/17 | 5/2017 | President/Cabinet | Recruitment Policy & Procedures, Staff | Revisions were made to the existing policy |
| 5/3/17 | 5/2017 | President/Cabinet | Tuition Remission Policy | Revisions were made to the existing policy |
| 7/2017 | 2/2016 | Faculty Senate | Faculty Senate Bylaws | Article IV, Section 7 was revised to call for referred motions to be brought back by the next Senate meeting |
| 7/2017 | 5/2016 | Faculty Senate | Faculty Senate Bylaws | Duties of the Constitution Committee were amended and the composition of the Enrollment & Marketing Committee were updated |
| 7/2017 | 9/2016 | Faculty Senate | Faculty Senate Bylaws | The agenda deadline was updated |
| 7/2017 | 11/2016 | Faculty Senate | Academic Honesty Policy | The Academic Honesty Policy was updated |
| 7/2017 | 1/2017 | Faculty Senate | Academic Calendar Guidelines | The guidelines were updated to reflect that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day would be a day off and that classes would start one week later. A statement was also added that the Senate will consult with the Grad Council on calendar issues that would affect them. |
| 7/2017 | 4/2017 | Faculty Senate | Faculty Committee on Recommendations Bylaws | Updates were made regarding when the first meeting would be convened, how the chair is chosen |
| 7/2017 | 4/2017 | Faculty Senate | APEC representative elections | A new policy regarding how APEC representatives are elected was added |
| 12/2017 | 10/2017 | Faculty Senate | Academic Calendar Guidelines | Changed when classes start in the Spring semester to the Tuesday following Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and changed the number of required intact M-F weeks from 12 to 11. Also, consolidated all remaining academic calendar guidelines into one link on the index page. |
| 1/2018 | 1/2018 | Faculty Senate | Course Removal/Inactivation | The wording of the policy was revised to refer to the course reactivation proposal process, rather than the course approval process. |
| 3/2018 | 3/2001 | Faculty Senate | Academic Restoration Program | The Constitution Committee of the Faculty Senate discovered that this policy had never been included in the Governing Documents. This was a new policy. |
| 3/2018 | 12/2004 | Faculty Senate | Grade Appeals | The Constitution Committee of the Faculty Senate discovered that minor wording changes, approved in 2004, had not been included in the policy. |
| 3/2018 | 9/2017 | Faculty Senate | Honor Students | An additional paragraph was added to the policy regarding registration. |
| 9/2018 | 10/2018 | Faculty Senate | Credit Hour Policy | The credit hour policy was updated to include a definition for clinical courses. |
| 11/2018 | Fall 2018 | President's Office | Organizational charts | Organizational charts were updated to most recent version. |
| 11/2018 | Fall 2018 | President's Office | Conflict of Interest Policy | The Conflict of Interest policy was updated to its most recent version. |
| 11/2018 | Fall 2018 | President's Office | Whistleblower Policy | The Whistleblower Policy was updated to the most recent version. |
| 11/2018 | Fall 2018 | President's Office | Gender-Based and Sexual Misconduct Policy Supplement | A supplement was added next to the existing Gender-Based and Sexual Misconduct Policy |
| 2/2019 | 2/2019 | President's Office | University Closing Policy | The University Closing Policy was removed because it will now be closing procedures, which will be covered under the Emergency Preparedness Plan. |
| 2/2019 | 2/2019 | President's Office | Gender-Based Sexual Misconduct Policy and Supplement | These documents were removed from the Governing Documents site and replaced with a link on www.sbu.edu because the documents change periodically. This will assure that the most current version is available. |
| 9/2019 | 9/2019 | Council | Organizational charts | Updated 2019 organizational charts were posted. |
| 10/2019 | 10/2019 | Pres Council | Tuition Remission Policy | An updated policy was posted. |
| 10/2019 | 10/2019 | Faculty Senate | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Two phrases/sentences were added to the policy, as per the 10/11/2019 meeting. |
| 10/2019 | 10/2019 | VP Student Affairs | Link to Code of Conduct | The link to the current Code of Conduct was updated. |
| 11/2019 | 11/2019 | Grievance Committee | Grievance Complaint Form & Log | Two files were added to facilitate the work of the Grievance Committee. These are not policy changes. |
| 5/2019 | 5/2019 | Faculty Senate/President | Credit Hour Policy | The clinical credit hour portion of the Credit Hour Policy was revised to account for nursing student needs. |
| 6/2020 | 6/2020 | Sr Leadership | Retiree Definition and Benefits | A new policy was added to the site |
| 7/2020 | 7/2020 | Sr Leadership | Alternate Work Arrangements during the COVID-19 Pandemic | A new document with guidelines and procedures was added. |
| 11/2020 | 5/2020 | Board | Board of Trustees Bylaws | An update to the Board of Trustees Bylaws was posted. |
| 11/2020 | 10/2020 | President | Gender-Based Discrimination & Sexual Misconduct Policy & Procedures | An updated policy and procedures document was posted. |
| 11/2020 | 10/2020 | T. Buttafarro | American Council on Education (ACE) Political Campaign-Related Activities of and at Colleges & Universities | A guideline document on this matter was posted in the Institutional Policies section. |
| 11/2020 | 10/2020 | President | Organizational Charts | Updated 2020 Organizational charts were posted. |
| 11/2020 | Link to Graduate School Academic Integrity Policy | A link (from www.sbu.edu) to the Graduate School Academic Integrity policy was added, so that it would be easier to find the document. | ||
| 12/2020 | Nancy K. Taylor | Document Retention Policy | The Document Retention Policy was removed because it is included in the Information Security Policy and Procedures governing document. | |
| 7/2021 | 7/2021 | President | Immunization Policy for Students | New policy was added |
| 9/2021 | 6/2021 | Board | Faculty Status & Welfare Handbook updates | Updates from the two 2021 faculty referenda were approved by the Board of Trustees and added to the handbook. |
| 9/2021 | Faculty Senate | Faculty Senate Bylaws | Faculty Senate Bylaws were updated with changes passed by the Senate | |
| 9/2021 | 7/2021 | President | Students with Disabilities Policy | The policy was replaced with a new one |
| 9/2021 | 7/2021 | Cabinet | Subaward Policy | A new policy was added. |
| 9/2021 | Cabinet | Alternate Work Arrangements | The policy was revised to reflect post-COVID changes | |
| 9/2021 | 9/2021 | President | Cleary Act Policy | A new policy was added to the site. |
| 9/2021 | 9/2021 | President | Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy | The Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy replaced the former Gender-Based Discrimination and Sexual Misconduct Policy |
| 9/2021 | 9/2021 | President | Campus Security Authority (CSA) Policy | A new policy was added to the site. |
| 9/2021 | 9/2021 | Cabinet | Gender-Based Discrimination & Sexual Misconduct Policy & Procedures | An update to the policy was issued. |
| 10/2021 | 10/2021 | President's Office | Organizational Charts | Annual update to organizational charts |
| 10/2021 | 10/2021 | Board | Board of Trustees Bylaws | The Board bylaws were revised. |
| 10/2022 | 10/2022 | President's Office | Organizational Charts | Annual update to organizational charts |
| 11/2022 | 6/2022 | Board & Senate | Faculty Status and Welfare Handbook | Changes were inserted in Article VI (Faculty Services) starting with Section C |
| 11/2022 | 11/2022 | President | Confidential Employee Complaint Policy | A new policy was added to the HR section of the site |
| 11/2022 | 11/2022 | HR | Policies were moved to the HR section of the site; none of the policies were modified | The following policies were moved to the HR section of the site (with a "see-also" link temporarily appearing where the policies were formerly listed on the Index page): Alternate Work Arrangements, H-1B Policy, Permanent Residency Sponsorship Policy, Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy, Tuition Remission Policy, and Whistleblower policy. |
| 11/2022 | 11/2022 | HR | Faculty Status & Welfare Handbook & the Staff Handbook duplicate links; neither was modified | Duplicate links for the Faculty Status & Welfare Handbook & the Staff Handbook were placed under the HR section |
| 11/2022 | 11/2022 | HR | Adjustment to Handbook section; policies were not modified | Language was removed that indicated that the Staff Handbook was the replacement for the Administrator's Handbook and the Hourly Employee Handbook. The former handbook titles had not been used for many years so these references were no longer needed. |
| 1/2023 | 1/2023 | HR/President | Tuition Exchange Policy | An updated Tuition Exchange policy was added |
| 1/2023 | 1/2023 | HR/President | Giant Step Policy | A new Giant Step Policy was added |
| 1/2023 | 1/2023 | HR/President | Tuition Remission Policy | An updated Tuition Remission Policy was added |
| 1/2023 | 1/2023 | HR/President | PTO (Paid Time Off) Policy | A new PTO policy was added |
| 1/2023 | 1/2023 | HR/President | Confidential Employee Complaint Policy | A revised Confidential Employee Complaint Policy was posted. |
| 1/2023 | 1/2023 | HR | PTO (Paid Time Off) Policy | An error in the posted PTO policy was corrected and a new file was linked. |
| 9/2023 | Spring 2023 | Faculty & Board | Faculty Status & Welfare Handbook | Approved changes from referendum |
| 11/2023 | 10/25/2023 | President | Overtime & Double-Time Pay Policy | New policy replaced old Overtime Pay Policy |
| 11/2023 | 11/2023 | Faculty Senate | Faculty Senate Bylaws | Cross-Membership for Compensation and Finance Committees |
| 12/2023 | 11/2023 | President | Fixed Asset Disposal Policy | New policy added |
| 12/2023 | 11/2023 | President | Construction Management Policy | New policy added |
| 2/2024 | 2/2024 | President | Gender-Based Discrimination and Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedures | Updated policy uploaded to replace previous policy |
| 3/2024 | 3/2024 | Faculty Senate | Tenure & Promotion Guidelines | Tenure & Promotion guidelines were added |
| 5/2024 | 4/2024 | Faculty Senate/President | Faculty Committee on Recommendations Bylaws | Revisions passed by the Faculty Senate at its April 2024 meeting. |
| 5/2024 | 5/2024 | Ann Lehman / Tom Buttafarro | American Council on Education (ACE) Political Campaign-Related Activities of and at Colleges and Universities |
Policy has been updated by ACE; new policy was linked in place of the old one |
| 5/2024 | 5/2024 | President | Bias-Related Harassment and Discrimination Policies and Procedures |
This policywas previously in the Student Code of
Conduct but had to be updated to include mandatory hate crime reporting
in NYS. Because of the required reporting, it also needs to be in the
governing documents. |
| 7/2024 | 7/2024 | President's Office | Four outdated policies were removed | Casual Dress Policy, Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Procedures (2015), Grievance Policy, Remote Employees Policy (along with Guidelines for Flexible Work Schedule. All of these policies are now represented elsewhere on the site. |
| 8/1/2024 | 8/1/2024 | President | Sex Discrimination and Sex-Based Harassment Policy and Procedures | A renamed policy replaced the former Gender-Based Discrimination and Sexual Misconduct Policy |
| 8/9/2024 | 8/2024 | President | Graduate Assistantship Policy & Procedure | A new policy replaced the old Graduate Assistantship policy |
| 8/23/2024 | 5/2023 | Faculty Senate/President | Team Teaching Policy | The Team Teaching Policy was posted under Academic Policies. |
| 8/27/2024 | 8/2024 | President | Procedures for Sex Discrimination Complaints Between or Among Employees | A new policy was added |
| 9/6/2024 | 9/8/2024 | Faculty Senate/President | Faculty Committee on Recommendations Bylaws | A paragraph was added to II.C. to allow chairs and directors to serve when needed (with certain restrictions) |
| 11/2024 | Fall 2023 | Faculty Senate/President | Academic Policy on Undergraduate Department Chair Duties | A new policy was added |