Community College Policy Tutorials

Policy Tutorials 

TASB Community College Services offers policy tutorials to help community colleges better understand issues related to policy development and help them develop policy manuals that are consistent and based on law and best practice. 

Policy How-To Videos 

Community College Services offers a series of How-To videos on topics related to policy development, such as the makeup of legal and local policies, the purpose of numbered updates and local district updates, and how to properly archive older policies. These videos serve as an introduction to policy and policy development for college officials and administrators who are new to policy and a helpful refresher for veterans. 

• Policy Basics 
• Numbered Updates 
• Local District Updates (LDUs) 
• Maintaining the Historical File 

Policy Guides 

Community College Services offers policy guides based on the role of the user and the college’s policy service subscriptions (TASB login required). The guides provide an overview of TASB’s board policy manual, discuss the reasons for and logistics of policy changes, and outline the role of administrative regulations in implementing legal requirements and board policy. 

• Administrator’s Guide to Policy 
• Board Member’s Guide to Policy 
• Guide to Policy Management for Community College Policy Reference Manual (CCPRM) Subscribers 
• Board Policy Manual Style Guide 

Policy Online® User Guide 

The Policy Online^® user guide contains videos and written directions to help users walk through how to access and use various features in the Policy Online system, including how to navigate the site, how to interact with numbered updates and adoption notifications, and how to upload and edit resource links. 

• Policy Online User's Guide 

Policy Update Overview 

Community College Services issues a Policy Update Overview video following each update to assist the colleges as they amend their local policies in response to recent changes to federal and state law and recommended best practices. The videos are available to policy updating services subscribers on the Governance and Management Library on Policy Online (TASB login required).