Penn State Policies Updates

Policy AD99 University Provided Email Policy was posted as a new policy.

Effective February 7, 2020

Policy FN19 Handling and Distributing Confidential Internal Audit Reports and Other Documents has been moved to the Administrative Policy section, now AD100 Handling and Distributing Confidential Internal Audit Reports and Other Document. 

Effective January 23, 2020

Policy AD72 has been revised to remove list of individuals considered to be a mandated reporter under the law, as well as the “When to Make a Report” section, as these are already present in the Policy FAQ’s. An editorial change has been made within Section 2 of “How to Make a Report” to provide clarity to the online vs electronic ChildLine reporting process. A Policy Violation section was added.

Effective January 6, 2020

Policy AD83 has been revised to update the list of University officials. Edits were also made to the last sentence of the paragraph under the section "Review of the University's Institutional Financial Interest" to include "any office the ICOI identifies as a necessary recipient."

Effective January 17, 2020

Policy AD35 has been edited for the consistent use of and to clarify the DEFINITION OF TERM. Reorganized the POLICY section to align with the Records and Information Lifecycle as well as the services, procedures, and processes related to how University Records are managed. Added the new section of ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES to define the differences between the Records Management Program and the University Archives, as well as role and responsibility of the Units/College/Campuses to manage University Records.

Effective September 27, 2019

Policy AD05 has been revised to update the name of the policy and committee and to incorporate the naming of academic units.

Effective September 27, 2019

Policy Guideline FNG02 Limited Delegation of Contract Approvals revised

Policy Guideline FNG02 Limited Delegation of Contract Approval received editorial revisions to change Hershey Medical Center to Penn State Health; updating the Office of General Counsel mailing address; and updating the Software Request form hyperlink information.

All changes are effective August 6, 2019.

A new policy, AD98 Anti-Hazing Policy, has been published.

Effective May 31, 2019

Policy FN23 - Identity Theft Detection, Prevention, and Mitigation Program has been revised to change the Program Administrator from the Chief Privacy Officer to the University Bursar.  Changes have also been made to the policy to indicate the establishment of the Red Flags committee and to more accurately reflect current operations.

Policy PR06 - Graduate Assistants replaced with GSAD-901 Graduate Assistants

Policy PR06 Graduate Assistants is now a policy belonging to The Graduate School.  Please see GSAD-901 Graduate Assistants to access the new policy.  All inquires regarding this policy should be directed to The Graduate School.