ARTICLE V

DIVISIBILITY AND AMENDING PROCEDURE

A. At the request of any recognized constituency or the appropriate administrator, the president or his/her designee may consider amendments to these regulations.

The president may propose amendments to these regulations to the Board of Trustees.  Whenever the circumstances allow, the president shall give due consideration to the advice of committees provided for in the College policy.  Amendments will be accomplished by the regular procedures for amendment of board policy.

Any amendment of these regulations shall become effective only after general notice of such change has been given to the student body, faculty, and administrative staff.  General notice may include, but not be limited to, any one or more of the following:  memoranda or letter to faculty and students; announcements in classes; publica­tion in the student newspaper or John A. Logan College Catalog; publication in local newspapers; radio an­nouncements; placement on bulletin boards.

B. Should any division, section or subsection of these regulations be declared unconstitutional or void by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of these regulations shall remain in effect.  Under such circum­stances, the president or his or her designee shall have the authority to establish a new division, section or subsection for that which has been declared void or unconstitutional, in order to give full force and effect to the intent and the purpose of these regulations.  New divisions, sections or subsections shall be submitted through the amending procedure and approved by the Board of Trustees.