The Austin Community College Board of Trustees adopted this policy on July 1, 1996.
The Vice Chair of the Board shall oversee Board-level activity in monitoring compliance with Board policies and directives. This activity, which will complement but not replace the oversight responsibility of the College President, shall be done without reference to the personal opinion of the Vice Chair about the policies, and shall not extend to any aspect of College operations which is not covered by a current Board policy or resolution.
The College administration shall provide information and assistance in this task as requested by the Vice Chair, subject to an appeal by the President to the Board if any such request is felt to be unreasonable.
Other trustees who have questions or concerns about non-compliance should direct them to the Vice Chair, who will pursue them at his or her discretion and will report to the Board on any aspects of college operations found, in his or her judgment, to be non-compliant. If the Vice Chair does not pursue an issue to the satisfaction of a trustee, the trustee may bring the question to the Board for a vote on whether or not it should be certified as an important monitoring issue. The Vice Chair shall give priority to and make reports on any issues which are thus identified by Board vote.
The President (or Board Chair, for Board activities) shall, for each non-compliance report from the Vice Chair, provide the Board either a compliance plan, a recommendation for policy modification, or an explanation of why the practice in question is seen as already being in compliance.
Non-compliance reports by the Vice Chair are only advisory; authoritative Board directives to change college practices can come only from a public Board vote.
The content of this page is the responsibility of Carol Nasworthy, ACC Board of Trustees Chair. It was last updated on November 7, 1996.