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SECTION C: BUSINESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES
- SECTION CA | Appropriations and Revenue Sources
- SECTION CAA | Appropriations
- SECTION CAB | Bond Issue
- SECTION CAC | Time Warrants
- SECTION CAD | Certificates of Indebtedness
- SECTION CAE | Loans and Notes
- SECTION CAF | Ad Valorem Taxes
- SECTION CAG | Investments
- SECTION CAH | Sale, Trade or Lease of College Property
- SECTION CAH.1 | Sale, Trade or Lease of College Property
- SECTION CAI | Grants, Funds and Donations
- SECTION CAI.1 | Grant Management Procedures
- SECTION CAJ | Rentals and Service Charges
- SECTION CB | Depository of Funds
- SECTION CC | Annual Operating Budget
- SECTION CD | Accounting
- SECTION CD.1 | Accounting
- SECTION CD.2 | Cash Handling Procedures
- SECTION CD.3 | Fixed Assets
- SECTION CD.4 | Financial Reports and Statements
- SECTION CD.5 | Accounting Inventories
- SECTION CD.6 | Accounting Audits
- SECTION CD.7 | Accountability
- SECTION CD.8 | Travel Procedures
- SECTION CD.9 | Taxation of Gifts, Prizes, and Awards to Employees
- SECTION CE | Purchasing and Acquisitions
- SECTION CF | Safety Program
- SECTION CG | Site Management
- SECTION CH | Equipment, Supply and Records Management
- SECTION CI | Transportation Management
- SECTION CJ | Insurance and Annuities
- SECTION CK | Facilities Planning and Standards
- SECTION CL | College District Auxiliary Enterprises
- SECTION CM | Technology Resources
- SECTION CN | Information Security
- SECTION CO | Intellectual Property
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BUSINESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Policy
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights shall remain with the Navarro College at all times.
STUDENTS
A student shall retain all rights to work created as part of instruction or using College District resources.
EMPLOYEES
COLLEGE DISTRICT OWNERSHIP
As an agent of Navarro College, an employee, including a student employee, shall not
have rights to work he or she creates on College District time or using College District
resources. The College District shall own any work or work product created by a College
District employee in the course and scope of his or her employment, including the
right to obtain copyrights.
EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP
If the employee obtains a patent for such work, the employee shall grant a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, perpetual, royalty-free, College District-wide license to the College
District for use of the patented work. A College District employee shall own any work
or work product produced on his or her own time, away from his or her job and with
personal resources, including the right to obtain patents or copyrights.
PERMISSION
A Navarro College employee may apply to the District President or designee to use College materials and equipment in his or her creative projects, provided the employee agrees either to grant to Navarro College a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual, royalty-free, College District-wide license to use the work, or permits Navarro College to be listed as co-author or co-inventor if the College’s contribution to the work is substantial. College materials do not include student work, all rights to which are retained by the student.
WORKS FOR HIRE
Navarro College may hire an independent contractor for specially commissioned work(s) under a written works-made-for-hire agreement that provides that the College shall own the work product created under the agreement, as permitted by copyright law. Independent contractors shall comply with copyright law in all works commissioned.
RETURN OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Upon the termination of any person’s association with Navarro College, all permission to possess, receive, or modify the College’s intellectual property shall also immediately terminate. All such persons shall return to the College all intellectual property, including but not limited to any copies, no matter how kept or stored, and whether directly or indirectly possessed by such person.
COPYRIGHT
Unless the proposed use of a copyrighted work is an exception under the “fair use” guidelines maintained by the District President or designee, the College shall require an employee or student to obtain a license or permission from the copyright holder before copying, modifying, displaying, performing, distributing, or otherwise employing the copyright holder’s work for instructional, curricular, or extracurricular purposes. This policy does not apply to any work sufficiently documented to be in the public domain.
TECHNOLOGY USE
All persons are prohibited from using Navarro College technology in violation of any
law including copyright law. Only appropriately licensed programs or software may
be used with College’s technology resources. No person shall use the College’s technology
resources to post, publicize, or duplicate information in violation of copyright law.
The Board of Trustees shall direct the District President or designee to employ all
reasonable measures to prevent the use of College technology resources in violation
of the law. All persons using College technology resources in violation of law shall
lose user privileges in addition to other sanctions.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Unless a license or permission is obtained, electronic media in the classroom, including
motion pictures and other audiovisual works, must be used in the course of face-to-face
teaching activities as defined by law.
TRADEMARK
Navarro College protects all Navarro College and campus trademarks, including names, logos, mascots, and symbols, from unauthorized use. The District President or designee shall grant use of the College trademark if the use is in furtherance of College-related business or activity.
Any individual, organization, or business that uses College District trademarks without appropriate authorization shall be subject to legal action.
Approved: 2015
Updated:
Reviewed: 2020, 2022, 2024