{"id":22102,"date":"2015-10-05T15:47:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T19:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wpcc.edu\/policy-manual\/?page_id=22102"},"modified":"2015-11-22T13:46:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T18:46:01","slug":"03-04-020-political-activities-of-college-employees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wpcc.edu\/policy-manual\/03-04-020-political-activities-of-college-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"03.04.020 Political Activities of College Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; title=&#8221;Policy&#8221; subhead=&#8221;03.04.020 Political Activities of College Employees&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;right&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#346fab&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;44&#8243; subhead_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_css_header_container=&#8221;margin-bottom: -140px !important;||margin-right: 20px !important;&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=&#8221;Sidebar&#8221; orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; area=&#8221;et_pb_widget_area_76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; remove_border=&#8221;off&#8221;] [\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<p>As private citizens, all College employees retain the rights and obligations of citizenship, including freedom to engage in political activities.\u00a0 Certain restrictions may exist when holding public office concurrent with college employment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1C SBCCC 200.99<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adopted:<\/strong> \u00a0September 14, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amended:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As private citizens, all College employees retain the rights and obligations of citizenship, including freedom to engage in political activities.\u00a0 Certain restrictions may exist when holding public office concurrent with college employment. 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