Section 4.2 — Instructor's Actions: Before the Course Starts — Added the Course Onboarding Checklist as a required pre-launch step, with a brief description of what it covers (verifying course content, confirming faculty information, ensuring links and resources are functional).

Section 4.3.7 — Responding to Student Communication — Added the 36-to-48-hour LMS check-in requirement as a separate expectation from email/call response times. Simplified the communication response standard to a flat 48 hours to match the Workload Agreement.

Section 4.3.11 — Student Support Referrals — Added the Online Student Support Concierge as the primary referral point for questions involving course selection, registration, and general student support needs.

Section 4.4.1 — Finalizing Grades — Added a specific deadline: final grades are due within five (5) days of the course end date.

New Section 5 — Senate Bill 185 and KYSU Online/Global — Four paragraphs covering the legislative context (polytechnic transition, financial exigency period, CPE program review), the online program exemption from the 10-area-of-study cap, an identity and heritage statement (HBCU, 1890 land-grant, polytechnic), and a forward-looking paragraph directing faculty to the Director of Online Education for questions about the transition.

New Section 6 — Appendix: Adjunct Workload Offer Form — An introductory paragraph contextualizing the form and cross-referencing Section 2.3, followed by the complete Fall 2026 Workload Offer Form including instructions, workload offer details, all acknowledgements for course workload and general terms, signature blocks, and Appendix A (standard section sizes and the full 9-tier proration pay table for both undergraduate and graduate levels).