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Definitions:
Party: The student or any persons claimed to have been responsible for the student’s alleged grievance, together with their representatives. “Party” shall not include the Grievance Hearing Committee or the College Grievance Officer.
Superintendent/president: The superintendent/president or a designated representative of the superintendent/president.
Student: Any currently enrolled student, a person who has filed an application for admission to the College, or a former student. A grievance by an applicant shall be limited to a complaint regarding denial of admission. Former students shall be limited to grievances relating to course grades to the extent permitted by Education Code Section 76224(a).
Respondent: Any person claimed by a grievant to be responsible for the alleged grievance.
Business Day: Unless otherwise provided, business day shall mean a day Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays and weekends, during which the College is in session and regular classes are held.
Grievance Officer. Appointed by the superintendent/president or designated representative to assist students in seeking resolution by informal means.
Grievance Hearing Committee:
The superintendent/president or designee shall at the beginning of each semester, including any summer session, establish a standing panel of members of the College community, including students, classified staff, faculty members and administrators, from which one or more Grievance Hearing Committees may be appointed. The panel will be established with the advice and assistance of the Associated Students Organization, Classified Employees and the Academic Senate, who shall each submit names to the superintendent/president for inclusion on the panel. A Grievance Hearing Committee shall be constituted in accordance with the following:
It shall include one student, one faculty member, one member of the classified service and one College administrator selected from the panel described above.
No person shall serve as a member of a Grievance Hearing Committee if that person has been personally involved in any matter giving rise to the grievance, has made any statement on the matters at issue, or could otherwise not act in a neutral manner. Any party of the grievance may challenge for cause any member of the hearing committee prior to the beginning of the hearing by addressing a challenge to the superintendent/president or designee who shall determine whether cause for disqualification has been shown. If the superintendent/president or designee feels that sufficient ground for removal of a member of the committee has been presented, the superintendent/president or designee shall remove the challenged member or members and substitute a member or members from the panel described above. This determination is subject to appeal as defined below.
The Grievance Officer shall sit with the Grievance Hearing Committee but shall not serve as a member nor vote. The Grievance Officer shall coordinate all scheduling of hearings, shall serve to assist all parties and the Hearing Committee to facilitate a full, fair and efficient resolution of the grievance, and shall avoid an adversarial role.
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