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2019 Board Statements
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2018 Board Statements
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Ordinances
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- BOT 401: Disruption of University Activities
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- BOT 409: Outside Work for Pay
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- BOT 512: Faculty & Academic Staff - Retirement
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- BOT 603: Expenditure Policy
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- BOT 615: Application Fee Waiver
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- BOT 608: Recognition of Revenues from State Appropriations to the Operating Funds
- BOT 609: Debt Policy
- BOT 614: Real Estate
- BOT 607: Investment Policy Statement
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- BOT 610: Capital Project Planning and Approval
- BOT 611: Responsible Contractor Policy
- BOT 612: Buildings and Facilities-Naming
- BOT 613: University Facilities-Use for Political Activities
- BOT 701: Speakers on Campus
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- BOT 703: Student-Athlete Conduct Policy
- BOT 504: Faculty-Tenure System
- BOT 505: Dismissal of Tenured Faculty
- BOT 506: Faculty-Nontenured in Tenure System
- BOT 509: Faculty Grievance Procedure
- BOT 704: Student Disorderly Conduct
- BOT 801: Development Program-Centralized
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- BOT 601: Accounting System-Adoption of Michigan Uniform System
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