INCLEMENT WEATHER CLASS CANCELLATION

The decision to delay or cancel classes is reached by the President and the Provost of the University in conference. The decision to close the University is reached by the President of the institution in conference with the Chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

If classes are to be delayed, local radio and television stations will be contacted by the Provost, Dean of Students, or their designees. Additionally, the announcement will be available through use of the Campus Weather Hotline, WLU electronic mail, and text messaging. The announcement will specify the length of the delay, and the class day will commence with the next scheduled class following expiration of the delay. The announcement will specify that all administrative and support staff must report and that University offices are not closed. Classes missed due to class delay will be made up at the option and discretion of the instructors.

If classes are to be canceled for an entire day, local radio and television stations will be contacted by the Provost, Dean of Students, or their designees. Additionally, the announcement will be available through use of the Campus Weather Hotline, WLU electronic mail, and text messaging. The announcement will specify the day that classes will be canceled and will note that all administrative and support staff must report and that University offices are not closed. Normally, class cancellation will be confined to one day at a time with administrative consideration required for each class day which may be canceled. Classes missed due to cancellation will be made up at the option and discretion of the instructors up to the point that the University administration may deem that an academic term must be adjusted to recover class days lost to cancellation.

All university administrative heads, faculty, and staff are responsible for checking for inclement weather class delays or class cancellations.

If it is necessary to close the University, local radio and television stations will be notified by the President or his/her designee. Additionally, the announcement will be available through use of the Campus Weather Hotline, WLU electronic mail, and text messaging. The announcement will specify the period of closure and will note that students, faculty and staff need not report and that University offices are closed.

All university administrative heads, faculty, and staff are responsible for checking for inclement weather institutional closure.

In the event that administrative or support staff do not report during an officially announced class delay or class cancellation, those personnel must account for that absence by use of accumulated annual leave or forfeiture of remuneration if no accumulated annual leave is available to them.

In the event that it is necessary to close the University, administrative and support staff need not account for their absence by use of accumulated annual leave.