Rules and Standard Administrative Procedures
Section 01: Governance
Section 03: Statements of Mission and Objectives
Section 07: Ethics
- Rule No. 07.03.01.T1 Political Campaign Events in Facilities Under the Control of Tarleton State University
Section 08: Civil Rights Protections and Compliance
- Rule No. 08.01.01.T1 Civil Rights Compliance – Under Review
- SAP No. 08.01.02.T0.02 Reasonable Workplace Accommodation – Under Review
- SAP No. 08.01.02.T0.01 Animals on Campus
- Rule No. 08.99.99.T1 Expressive Activity on Campus
- SAP No. 08.99.99.T0.01 Responding to Reports of Bullying – Under Review
Section 09: Litigation and Administration
- Rule No. 09.02.01.T1 Official Messaging
- SAP No. 09.02.99.T0.01 Licensing and Use of University Names, Logos, and Trademarks
Section 11: Centers, Degrees and Programs
- SAP No. 11.03.99.T0.01 Shortened Courses
- Rule No. 11.07.99.T1 Granting of Honorary Degree
- Rule No. 11.08.99.T1 Granting and Awarding Degrees Posthumously
- SAP No. 11.99.02.T0.01 Conduct Requirements for Admissions Applications and Transcripts
Section 12: Faculty
- Rule No. 12.01.99.T1 Granting Extension of Tenure Probationary Period – Under Review
- SAP No. 12.01.99.T0.01 Faculty Administrative Leave, Non-Reappointments and Dismissals – Under Review
- Rule No. 12.01.01.T1 Implementing Tenure and Promotion – Under Review
- SAP No. 12.01.01.T1.01 Establishing Criteria for Tenure and Promotion
- Rule No. 12.03.99.T1 Faculty Academic Workload and Reporting Requirements – Under Review
- SAP No. 12.07.99.T0.01 Fixed-Term Faculty Appointment
- SAP No. 12.99.01.T0.01 Faculty Development Leave Program
- SAP No. 12.99.99.T0.01 Performance Development and Evaluation of Faculty – Under Review
- SAP No. 12.99.99.T0.02 Administration of Faculty Merit Plus and Faculty Achievement Grant Programs – Under Review
Section 13: Students
- SAP No. 13.02.99.T0.01 Academic Conduct – Under Review
- Rule No. 13.04.99.T1 Student Travel
- SAP No. 13.99.99.T0.01 Texan Corps of Cadets – Under Review
Section 15: Research Programs
- SAP No. 15.01.01.T0.01 Preparation, Review and Submission of Sponsored Projects – Under Review
- SAP No. 15.01.01.T0.02 Residual Balances from Fixed Price Sponsored Documents
- Rule No. 15.01.03.T1 Financial Conflicts of Interest in Sponsored Research – Under Review
- Rule No. 15.02.99.T1 Export Control Program Management
- Rule No. 15.05.04.T1 High Risk Global Engagements and High Risk International Collaborations – Under Review
- Rule No. 15.99.01.T1 Use of Human Subjects in Research
- Rule No. 15.99.03.T1 Ethics in Research and Scholarship – Under Review
- Rule No. 15.99.06.T1 Use of Biohazards in Research, Teaching and Testing
- Rule No. 15.99.07.T1 Use of Vertebrate Animals
Section 16: Compliance – General
Section 18: Athletics
- SAP No. 18.03.99.T0.01 Post-Season Athletics Competition – Under Review
Section 21: General Finance
- SAP No. 21.01.01.T0.01 Recovery of E & G Administrative Costs Associated with Management of Auxiliary Enterprises – Under Review
- SAP No. 21.01.01.T0.02 Accounting and Fiscal Record Keeping
- SAP No. 21.01.02.T0.01 Credit Card Information Receipt, Custody, and Security Procedures
- SAP No. 21.01.03.T0.01 Indirect Cost Allocation
- SAP No. 21.01.04.T0.01 Extension of Credit, Delinquent Accounts, Collections and Write-offs
- SAP No. 21.01.07.T0.01 Agency Funds – Under Review
- SAP No. 21.01.12.T0.01 Purchase of Food and Refreshments – Under Review
- SAP No. 21.05.01.T0.01 Gift Solicitation and Acceptance – Under Review
- Rule No. 21.99.04.T1 Disposition of Abandoned and Unclaimed Personal Property
Section 24: Risk Management
- SAP No. 24.01.01.T0.01 Risk Management Programs – Under Review
- Rule No. 24.01.06.T1 Programs for Minors – Under Review
Section 25: Expenditure of Funds
- Rule No. 25.06.01.T1 Historically Underutilized Business
- Rule No. 25.07.99.T1 Contract Administration – Under Review
Section 28: Auxiliary Enterprise, Privatization, etc.
Section 29: Information Resources
- SAP No. 29.01.03.T0.01 Information Resources – Acceptable Use
- Rule No. 29.01.99.T1 Information Resources
Section 31: Compensation and Benefits
- SAP No. 31.01.01.T0.02 Compensation for Faculty Research and Service
- SAP No. 31.01.01.T0.03 “On Call” Responsibility and Pay – Under Review
- Rule No. 31.01.08.T1 Merit Salary Increases
- SAP No. 31.01.09.T0.01 Overtime
- SAP No. 31.03.03.T0.01 Bereavement Leave – Under Review
- SAP No. 31.03.03.T1.02 Birthday Leave
- Rule No. 31.05.01.T1 Faculty Consulting, Outside Professional Employment
- Form No. 31.05.01.T1 Faculty Consulting, Outside Professional Employment Form
- SAP No. 31.06.01.T0.01 Sick Leave Pool Administration – Under Review
- Rule No. 31.08.01.T1 Emeritus Designation
- SAP No. 31.99.01.T0.01 Employees Registering as Students – Under Review
- SAP No. 31.99.99.T0.01 Salary Adjustments for Completion of Academic Degrees – Under Review
- SAP No. 31.99.99.T0.02 Retirees Recognition Ceremony and Retirement Benefits
- SAP No. 31.99.99.T0.03 Administrative Salary Differentials for Non-Academic Interim Positions
- SAP No. 31.99.99.T0.04 Employee Wellness Program – Under Review
Section 32: Employee Relations
Section 33: Employment, Standards of Conduct
- SAP No. 33.04.01.T0.01 Use of System Resources for External Employment
- SAP No. 33.05.02.T0.01 Required Employee Training
- SAP No. 33.06.99.T0.01 Alternate Work Schedules for Full-time Staff (Non-faculty) Employees – Under Review
- SAP No. 33.99.01.T0.01 Employment Practices – Under Review
- SAP No. 33.99.08.T0.01 Student Employment – Under Review
- Rule No. 33.99.14.T1 Criminal History Record Information – Employees and Candidates for Employment
Section 34: Safety of Employees and Students
- Rule No. 34.02.01.T1 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
- SAP No. 34.03.99.T0.01 Alcoholic Beverages
- Rule No. 34.05.99.T1 Smoking and Tobacco Use
- Rule No. 34.06.02.T1 Carrying Concealed Handguns on Campus
- SAP No. 34.07.01.T0.01 Emergency Operations Plan
- SAP No. 34.07.01.T0.02 Emergency Notification Protocol – Under Review
- SAP No. 34.99.99.T0.01 Bollard Removal – Under Review
- SAP No. 34.99.99.T0.02 Homecoming Bonfire – Under Review
Section 41: Real Property
- SAP No. 41.01.01.T0.01 Real Property – Under Review
Section 51: Facilities Planning and Construction
- SAP No. 51.06.99.T0.01 Naming of Buildings and Other Entities – Under Review
- SAP No. 51.99.99.T0.01 Space Governance – Under Review
- SAP No. 51.99.99.T0.02 Space Use Guidelines – Under Review
- SAP No. 51.99.99.T0.03 Event Space and Facilities Use Guidelines – Under Review
Section 61: Information and Communications
- SAP No. 61.99.01.T0.01 Records Management
- SAP No. 61.99.99.T0.01 Lowering of University Flag to Half-Staff
- SAP No. 61.99.99.T0.02 Publications Guidelines
- SAP No. 61.99.99.T0.03 Lighting of the Smokestack
- SAP No. 61.99.99.T0.04 Use of Mass Email
- SAP No. 61.99.99.T0.05 Social Media – Under Review
Contact Information

Paulette Cavitt
Manager, University Compliance
Email: policy@tarleton.edu
Phone: 254-968-0511