Policy Updates
Recent updates to official BYUH policies.
Periodically, various university policies are updated to reflect current laws and practices. The following table provides a summary of such changes over the last six months. For additional help or to identify archived policies please contact Mark Fitzgerald at (808) 675-3368 or email Mark.Fitzgerald@byuh.edu.
| Date of Change | Policy Title | Nature of Change |
| 5/2/2025 | Inclement Weather and Utilities Disruptions | This policy provides guidance for the university in managing disruptions to work and class environments due to inclement weather, power outages, and internet failures. |
| 5/2/2025 | Background Check and Criminal Charge Disclosure | This policy has been reviewed and added a policy requiring employees to disclose convictions, etc. |
| 03/28/2025 | Children in the Workplace | This new policy is designed to protect the safety and well-being of BYU–Hawaii employees' children and maintain a professional work environment. |
| 03/25/2025 | Political Neutrality | Some adjustments with purpose and policy. Due to upcoming renovations some locations mentioned have been changed. |
| 03/18/2025 | Political Involvement | This policy's Employment aspects and the Governance aspects have been separated into 2 policies, one mainly for involvement and the other one for neutrality. There are also minor changes on the purpose section. |
| 03/12/2025 | Independent Contractors | We have combined two identical policies into one. Please note that all contractors need competitive bids or a sole source exception. |
| 03/12/2025 | Student Travel | We're adding responsibilities of students and supervisors when it comes to student traveling. We moved here portions from Travel policy that relates to students. |
| 03/05/2025 | Correspondence with General Authorities, other Church Leaders, Members or Employees | Some small formatting changes have been made. |
| 03/05/2025 | Naming of Buildings and Programs | This policy defines the process of approval before a name is used. |
| 02/27/2025 | Adjunct Faculty Limitations | This policy helps ensure consistency in employment terms, defining adjunct roles as temporary, part-time positions with set credit limits per semester and year. It also outlines procedures for breaks in service and employment with other church-affiliated institutions. |
| 02/27/2025 | Part-time One Employer | This is a new policy that establishes guidelines for accurately tracking employee work hours to prevent overlapping employment across multiple church entities, ensuring compliance with benefits eligibility requirements. |
| 02/19/2025 | Ecclesiastical Conditions of Employment and University Standards | Ecclesiastical Conditions of Employment was reorganized to emphasize it is for non-student positions. |
| 02/19/2025 | Cooperation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | This policy outlines responsibilities of the university community on how we should interact with the church. |
| 02/18/2025 | Academic Governance | This policy establishes roles and responsibilities of the various governance committees including Dean’s Council, Enrollment Services Council and the Faculty Advisory Council. It emphasizes the need for individuals voices and participation as outlined in the Policy Establishment and Maintenance. |
| 02/06/2025 | Filming and Photography on Campus | This policy governs and controls of what filming can take place on campus. |
| 02/05/2025 | Minor Protection | Each program that involves a minor should have a program director that is ultimately responsible for ensuring that all adults have had the training and supervision needed to work with minors. |
| 02/05/2025 | University Vehicle | This replaces the Motor Pool policy. In addition to specifying the safety requirements, it authorizes the University Vehicle Committee and specifies how to procure vehicles for the university. |
| 1/9/2025 | Governance of BYU–Hawaii | This policy establishes the roles and responsibilities of the various governance committees including the Executive Council and Board of Directors, as well as establishing the roles of the president and President’s Council. |
| 1/9/2025 | Policy Establishment and Maintenance | This policy provides the process of how all policies are created, maintained and eventually retired. It also gives the priority of which policies are used in any given situation. |
| 01/08/2025 | IT Hardware and Software Purchasing | This policy emphasizes the importance of ensuring that all new purchases of software and equipment are properly assessed and approved by IT to confirm they meet compatibility with the BYUH network, alignment with security and privacy standards, and does not duplicate functionality of an existing solution. |