The Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Education Code contains policies relating to the establishment and operation of EC-12 schools.
The Code is based on the NAD Working policies as well as those policies voted by the Columbia Union Conference Executive Committee and the Columbia Union Conference Board of Education.
The Columbia Union Board of Education retains the right to amend and/or revise all education policies at any time when, in its judgment, conditions warrant such change. No existing employment agreement in force at the time such change is made shall be affected until the expiration of said agreement. Revisions to this Code become effective when voted on by the Columbia Union Conference Board of Education. Columbia Union Conference Office of Education will publish approved revisions.
Local conferences and schools may also develop additional policies unique to their settings that grow out of and agree with this Code. The local conferences and the Columbia Union Conference reserve the right to withhold subsidies from schools, academies, and churches that willfully violate published policies.
This Code is divided into nine topical sections with four-digit numbers assigned to the related policies within the topics. The policies of this Code should be cited simply by identifying its four-digit number.
Additions and changes to the Columbia Union Education Code will be posted in blue under the section to which the update applies. Some changes will cause renumbering within the existing policy.