Policies
Tacoma Community College, its employees and its students adhere to a variety of policies.
All TCC policies are posted to this section of the website. The search below will
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- Academic Credit for Prior Learning
- Academic Integrity
- Academic Program Planning and Review
- Academic Records, Tuition and Memorial Degrees for Students Who Have Died
- Academic Renewal
- Accessible Technology and Electronic Content
- Accident Investigation and Reporting
- Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
- Accounting and Controlling of Funds
- Acquisition of Public Art
- Acting President
- Acting President Stipend Payment
- Admissions
- Advanced Placement
- Advisory Committees
- Affinity Groups
- Affirmative Action
- Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Alcoholism and Drug Dependency
- Animals on Campus
- Annual Leave
- Appointments
- Arson and Bomb Threats
- Associated Student Body Accounts
- Authority to Contact State Attorney General Office
- Authority to Serve Coffee and/or Light Refreshments
- Auxiliary Services
- Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment Policy
- Bereavement Leave - Non-Represented Classified & Exempt Employees
- Budget Development, Adoption, and Administration
- Certificate Programs
- Children on Campus
- Classified Staff Development and Training
- Code of Ethics
- College Decision-Making
- College Information Materials
- College Investments
- College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
- College Management Philosophy
- College Mission and Institutional Effectiveness
- College Operating Budget Report
- Concurrent Registration with Other Institutions
- Course Audits
- Course Challenge
- Course Repeats
- Course Syllabi
- Data Confidentiality and Security Policy
- Definitions
- Degrees, Certificates, and Diplomas
- Department Chair Duties
- Disposal/Sale of Surplus Property
- Drug and Alcohol Testing for Positions Requiring CDL
- Drug Free Workplace
- Duties and Responsibilities of Administrators
- Email Retention
- Employee Recognition Awards
- Employment of Personnel
- Family Educational Rights & Privacy
- Family Medical Leave
- Federal Privacy Act - Social Security Numbers
- Fire, Disaster, Emergencies and Injury
- Fiscal Policies
- Fully Vaccinated Campus Re-Opening
- Grading System
- Grievance Procedure
- Guidelines for Policies and Procedures
- Holidays for Exempt Staff
- Honoraria
- Honors
- Human Development 101 Requirement for New Students
- Hybrid/Online Course Management System Policy
- Information Technology Security
- Instructional Council
- Instructional Related Ancillary Revenue Producing Activities
- International Baccalaureate (IB)
- Jury and Civil Duty Leave
- Keep Washington Working Act Compliance
- Late Registration
- Learning Outcomes Assessment
- Leave Without Pay
- Limitation of Activities for Off-Campus Individuals and Groups
- Loitering
- Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse
- Media Relations
- Military Withdrawal
- Moving Expenses for New Employees
- Multiple Degrees
- Nepotism/Employment of Relatives
- New Program Development
- No Show Instructor Withdrawal
- Performance Evaluation
- Personal Leave
- Personnel Files
- Portfolio
- Posting, Distribution and Demonstration
- Professional Counseling Support to TCC Employees
- Professional Leave
- Purchasing
- Qualified Transportation Plan
- Receiving and Inventory Control
- Reasonable Accommodation
- Reassignment
- Reduction-in-Force/Layoffs
- Rejuvenation Leave
- Residency
- Rest Periods
- Return to Work
- Risk Management
- Rule-making Process
- Running Start Program Fee Waiver
- Safe Educational Practice
- Service Club Reimbursements
- Shared Governance
- Sick Leave and Sick Leave Cashout
- Signing Authority
- Social Media
- Solicitation
- Standardized Cleaning Policy
- State Allocation and Foundation Dually Funded Projects
- Statement on International Students
- Student Financial Aid Program
- Student Programs, Services and Activities
- Student Records - Transcripts
- Student Responsibility for Debt
- Student Revenue Producing Activities
- Student Right to Know Policy
- Student Services & Activities Budget
- Student Status - Health Benefits Eligibility
- Suspended Operations or Inclement Weather
- System Backup Policy
- TCC External Website
- TCC Foundation
- Telework, Flextime and Compressed Workweek
- Textbook Adoptions
- Transfer Credit
- Travel
- Travel Expenses for Qualified Applicants
- Trespass
- Tuition and Fee Refunds
- Tuition and Fee Waivers
- Under-age Admissions
- Use of College Vehicles
- VEBA HRA - Settlements
- VEBA HRA - Voluntary Separation Incentive
- VEBA Sick Leave Transfer
- Vocational Certification Standards
- Wireless Telecommunication Equipment Allowance Policy
- Work Related Injuries
- Work Study Salaries
- Workplace Violence Prevention