Compliance Review Committee
Mission
The Compliance Review Committee exists in order to support ongoing College-wide identification, communication, monitoring, and compliance of applicable laws, regulations, and policies. The committee fosters the belief that compliance is the collective and collaborative responsibility of all Lone Star College employees.
Function
- To engage in the maintenance of the institutional compliance item inventory (CII).
- To serve as a communication link with employees in the respective areas regarding compliance items.
- To assist in reviewing and assessing the compliance of applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
- To proactively identify potential areas of risk in adhering to compliance requirements and propose interventions for remediation.
- To serve as an informational and advisory resource to strengthen knowledge capacity in the area of compliance across the College.
- To assist in identifying, developing, and implementing frameworks and methodologies for promoting compliance.
- To advocate compliance awareness at all levels of the College.
Executive Sponsors and Membership
The Compliance Review Committee (CRC) is supported by the authority of the Chancellor and the members of the Chancellor’s Cabinet. Committee membership is designated annually by the senior management of the College’s system office business units.
The committee consists of representation from the following functional content areas:
- Accessibility Services & Resources
- Accounting
- Accreditation and Curriculum Management
- Administration & Finance
- Administration Services
- Admissions & Enrollment Services
- Analytics
- Audit and Consulting Services
- Budget and Treasury
- Campus Police
- Career & Technical Education
- Compliance Management
- Compliance Education and Training
- Continuing Education
- Creative & Strategic Initiatives
- Curriculum Management
- Developmental Education
- Digital Services
- Dual Credit and Early College
- Emergency Preparedness
- Employer Partnerships
- Environmental Health & Life Safety
- Ethics & Compliance Services
- External Partnerships
- Financial Aid Compliance
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- First Year Experience
- Grants Accounting
- Health Occupations
- Human Resources
- Incident Management
- Institutional Reporting
- Instructional Quality
- International Programs
- Marketing and Communication
- Online Technologies
- Organizational Development
- Payroll
- Property Services Administration
- Prospective Students
- Procurement
- Public Safety
- Real Estate
- Records and Enrollment
- Records Compliance & Management
- Resource Development and Grants
- Safety & Security
- Sexual Misconduct / Title IX
- Strategic Planning & Accessment
- Student Financials
- Student Services
- Supply Management
- Tech Services
- Veteran Services
- Web Services
- Workforce Degrees
Committee Member Responsibilities
- Active participation in quarterly meetings
- Provide updates on compliance processes, reporting, and timelines for respective areas.
- Facilitate and lead dialogue promoting compliance procedures with division/department counterparts and other identified stakeholders.
- Support college/division/department teams in monitoring and assessing respective areas of compliance and communicating relevant information.
- Engage in quarterly reviews and updating of the Compliance Item Inventory (CII).
- Regularly communicate information on area audits, regulatory updates, and program reviews.
- Make strategy recommendations on the implementation of controls to mitigate risk.