diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/views/batch_connect/sessions/index.html.erb b/apps/dashboard/app/views/batch_connect/sessions/index.html.erb
index e916b74597..a637ce4971 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/app/views/batch_connect/sessions/index.html.erb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/views/batch_connect/sessions/index.html.erb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ locals: {
       %>
     </div>
     <div class="col-md-9">
-      <div id="batch_connect_sessions" class="batch-connect sessions" data-toggle="poll" data-url="<%= batch_connect_sessions_path(format: :js) %>" data-delay="<%= ENV["POLL_DELAY"] || 10000 %>">
+      <div id="batch_connect_sessions" class="batch-connect sessions" data-toggle="poll" data-url="<%= batch_connect_sessions_path(format: :js) %>" data-delay="<%= Configuration.bc_sessions_poll_delay %>">
         <% if @sessions.empty? %>
           <div class="ood-appkit markdown">
             <p><%= t('dashboard.batch_connect_no_sessions') %></p>
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/views/widgets/_sessions.html.erb b/apps/dashboard/app/views/widgets/_sessions.html.erb
index d7bb7a82a8..71f8fafa08 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/app/views/widgets/_sessions.html.erb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/views/widgets/_sessions.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%-
   max_sessions = 3
-  poll_delay = ENV["POLL_DELAY"] || 10000
+  poll_delay = Configuration.bc_sessions_poll_delay
   active_sessions = BatchConnect::Session.all.reject { |s| s.completed? }
   session_selection = active_sessions.first(max_sessions)
 -%>
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb b/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb
index 3873bc418c..bf16ab7c8d 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb
@@ -368,6 +368,15 @@ def ood_bc_card_time
     (ood_bc_card_time_int < 0) ? 0 : ood_bc_card_time_int
   end
 
+  # Returns the number of milliseconds to wait between calls to the BatchConnect Sessions resource
+  # to update the sessions card information.
+  # The default and minimum value is 10s = 10_000
+  def bc_sessions_poll_delay
+    bc_poll_delay = ENV['POLL_DELAY']
+    bc_poll_delay_int = bc_poll_delay.nil? ? config.fetch(:sessions_poll_delay, '10000').to_i : bc_poll_delay.to_i
+    bc_poll_delay_int < 10_000 ? 10_000 : bc_poll_delay_int
+  end
+
   def config
     @config ||= read_config
   end
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/test/config/configuration_singleton_test.rb b/apps/dashboard/test/config/configuration_singleton_test.rb
index 5f6c452278..4aa3ccd231 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/test/config/configuration_singleton_test.rb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/test/config/configuration_singleton_test.rb
@@ -496,4 +496,31 @@ def no_config_env
       end
     end
   end
+
+  test "bc_sessions_poll_delay default value" do
+    assert_equal(10_000, ConfigurationSingleton.new.bc_sessions_poll_delay)
+  end
+
+  test "bc_sessions_poll_delay reads value from environment" do
+    with_modified_env('POLL_DELAY': '20000') do
+      assert_equal(20_000, ConfigurationSingleton.new.bc_sessions_poll_delay)
+    end
+  end
+
+  test 'bc_sessions_poll_delay reads from config' do
+    Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
+      with_modified_env({ OOD_CONFIG_D_DIRECTORY: dir.to_s }) do
+        sessions_config = { 'sessions_poll_delay' => '99999' }
+        File.open("#{dir}/sessions_config.yml", 'w+') { |f| f.write(sessions_config.to_yaml) }
+
+        assert_equal(99_999, ConfigurationSingleton.new.bc_sessions_poll_delay)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "bc_sessions_poll_delay minimum value is 10_000" do
+    with_modified_env('POLL_DELAY': '100') do
+      assert_equal(10_000, ConfigurationSingleton.new.bc_sessions_poll_delay)
+    end
+  end
 end