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Grievance Facilitator will ask each person present to identify themselves by
name.
(3) All testimony shall be taken under an act of affirmation; the affirmation will be
administered by the Grade Grievance Facilitator prior to testimony being shared with the Grievance Panel.
OPENING STATEMENTS
(1) The student and then the instructor shall each be permitted to make an opening statement. The facts supporting the grade grievance shall be presented by the student.
PRESENTATIONS
(1) The student shall make the first presentation, followed by the instructor. Each may present evidence, call witnesses, question and cross-examine witnesses. (a) Technical rules of evidence shall not apply, but relevant evidence may be
admitted and given probative effect only if it is the kind of evidence upon which reasonable persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs.
(b) The student may present rebuttal evidence after the instructor completes their evidence. The burden shall be on the student to prove by substantial evidence that the facts presented are true.
(c) Furthermore, the instructor cannot issue a rebuttal statement.
(2) The Grievance Panel my ask questions of the student or the instructor based on any of the information on record given to them prior to and/or during the hearing.
WITNESSES
(1) Witnesses shall not be present at the grievance hearing when not testifying. No witness who refuses to be recorded may be permitted to give testimony. Written statements of witnesses under penalty of perjury shall not be used unless the witness is unavailable. Written statements from individuals not present at the grievance hearing will not be permissible without some authentication of the statement, such as a notary signature and seal.
(2) The Grievance Panel my ask questions of each witness based on any of the information on record given to them prior to and/or during the grievance hearing.
(3) Any member of the Grievance Panel may request to dismiss a witness that fails or refuses to comply with the Grievance Panel’s instructions.
(a) The request will be discussed by the Grievance Panel and a decision will be
rendered by Grievance Panel Chair.
CLOSING STATEMENTS
(1) The student shall make a closing statement and then the instructor shall be
permitted to make their closing statement.
C. GrievancePanelRecommendation
(1) Within five (5) instructional days after the hearing, the Grievance Panel shall
submit in writing, their recommendation(s) will all supporting reasons to the Office of Student Affairs.
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