MSVCC Policies and Procedures Manual

Section 3: Mississippi Virtual Community College Exceptions and Issues Committee – Bylaws

Article I: The Purpose of the Exceptions and Issues Committee A.

The Exceptions and Issues Committee exists under the direction of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) to serve the distance education needs and interests of the Mississippi Virtual Community College consortium and its individual member colleges.

B. The Committee shall exists as a standing committee.

Article II: Duties and Responsibilities A.

Hear exceptions cases to establish MSVCC policies and operational procedures.

1. Participating college presidents and the Mississippi Community College Board’s (MCCB) Assistant Executive Director for eLearning & Instructional Technology may submit documented exceptions. All submissions should be routed to the committee via the MCCB Division of eLearning and Instructional Technology. Submissions must be made in writing a minimum of 10 days prior to a meeting to be considered. 2. Exceptions are defined as those events that make a college unable to comply with a policy statement. An example would be the refusal to host a course for reasons such as repeated poor instructor evaluations, instructor credentials, etc.

B. Hear issues cases involving MSVCC policies, procedures, communication and other relations.

1. Issues are defined as those events for which a college is able to comply with policy, or is in compliance, but desires to make an argument for a policy change. Issues are further defined as events occurring between individual colleges that demonstrate a lack of resolution without outside arbitration.

2. Documented issues are to be submitted in the manner illustrated in Article II, section A.1 for documented exceptions.

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