2025-2026 MELA Minutes

number is included in the MLA letter. This note was also added to the appendix at the end of the document, where the same information appears. She mentioned that the committees were added to the Responsibilities section. Also added recording and reporting attendance, including attendance and related documentation. She mentioned that they will add a statement regarding the Contractual Services Governance Framework: Instead of incorporating the full framework into the Policies and Procedures Manual, they will include a statement referencing the framework document and provide a link to it. The framework is a substantial document, so linking to it will keep the PMP more streamlined. She mentioned that since the Governance Framework has now been approved as a standalone document, the draft language previously included will be removed. She mentioned that there were changes to MCCB website, and took out MCCB Academy, and added DEN. Also revised the language to clarify that the Administrative Committee submits the calendar to the Academic Officers, rather than to the MCCB President. This reflects our current practice, so the document has been updated accordingly. In another section, they updated the position title to reference the MCCB Office of eLearning and Instructional Technology to avoid needing frequent title changes. The original deadline language was likely tied to the self-registration tool. If institutions are no longer using that tool, they could remove this requirement from the PMP altogether. Midterm grades are now due on Friday of the eighth week to be consistent with what we approved back in the fall semester. Eight-week term grades are due on Friday of the fourth week. Final grades for all terms are due at 12:00 p.m. (noon) on the last day of the term. Grade submission will open two days prior to the due date, which maintains the same functional timeline (opening on Wednesday); we simply adjusted the language to reflect the correct number of days. She mentioned that one section was somewhat confusing because there are two subsections under College Responsibilities:

Provider College Responsibilities Host College Responsibilities

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Michelle Mitchell mentioned that she will revise the header so they are easily identifiable in the document. We also updated the language to clarify that final grades must be