PULLMAN The Board of Regents at Washington State University adopted changes to the faculty manual and to the university’s administrative code regarding public records at its regularly scheduled meeting Friday (Jan. 26) on the Pullman campus.
The faculty manual revision establishes criteria that must be met before students may be required to use textbooks and other educational material written by a WSU faculty member. The revision was approved by the Faculty Senate in October.
The board adopted the model open records rules that had been produced for state agencies by the state attorney general’s office last summer.
University officials said the overhaul was necessary to reflect numerous changes in open records laws that have occurred since the university adopted its open records regulations more than three decades ago.
The regents also approved a change in the estimated cost of Phases I and II of the Martin Stadium renovation from $22.5 million to $24 million to reflect additions to the project, including increased bathroom facilities on the south concourse and a new ticket building on the east concourse. The increased cost had already been reflected in the action taken by the regents in November to approve up to $24.65 million in bonds to fund the two construction phases.
Regent Laura Jennings, who chairs the Business Affairs and Information Technology Committee, reported that bonds for the project were sold earlier this month. Because of favorable interest rates, annual debt service for the bonds will be about $100,000 less than originally forecast.
The Board of Regents will hold its next scheduled meeting March 2 on the WSU Vancouver campus.
