TASB College eLaw

TASB College eLaw is a collection of free higher education law resources for community college officials and the college community.

Governance

Coronavirus
Discrimination and Harassment
First Amendment and Campus Expression
Elections and Tax
Business
Safety and Emergency Management
Personnel
Instruction


Governance

Governance Generally

Records

Conflicts

Open Meetings Act - Basics

Open Meetings Procedures

Open Meetings Act - Closed Meetings

  • Closed Meeting Topics and Procedures (pdf) answers frequently asked questions about how and when a board may hold a closed meeting under the OMA.
  • Closed Meeting Records (pdf) answers frequently asked questions about who can access closed meeting records.
  • Attendance at Closed Meetings (pdf) answers frequently asked questions about who can attend closed sessions during a board meeting.
  • eLaw Sample Document used for Closed Meetings:
    • Certified Agenda (docx) gives Texas community college boards a template for compliance with the OMA requirement that boards document closed meetings.

Coronavirus

Discrimination and Harassment

First Amendment and Campus Expression

  • First Amendment Basics (pdf) provides an overview of the protections granted by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as they relate to higher education.
  • Campus Expression and Facilities Use (pdf) discusses select federal and state laws addressing student, employee, and community expression on campus and their use of community college facilities.

Elections and Tax

Business

Safety and Emergency Management

Personnel

  • Conflicts of Interest: Nepotism (pdf) answers frequently asked questions about the prohibition on nepotism in hiring and the college officials to whom the prohibition applies.
  • Affordable Care Act (pdf) answers frequently asked questions about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions relevant to employers, including the employer shared responsibility requirements and associated full-time employee determinations.
  • Publication of Equal Employment Opportunity Statements (pdf) answers frequently asked questions about the publication of EEO statements.

Instruction

  • Dual Credit (pdf) answers frequently asked questions that arise surrounding dual credit instruction and partnerships.