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GRADE CHANGES AND STUDENT GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
I. REGULATIONS
A. The instructor of the course shall determine the grade to be awarded to each student. The determination of the student’s grade by the instructor is final in the absence of mistake, fraud, bad faith, or incompetency (per Education Code Section 76224). “Mistake” may include, but is not limited to, errors made by an instructor in calculating a student’s grade and clerical errors. “Fraud” may include, but is not limited to, intentional inaccurate recording or the change of a grade by any person who gains access to grade records without authorization.
B. No grade can be changed without the consent, in writing, by the instructor who assigned the grade except under the conditions of clerical errors, bad faith, fraud, and incompetency.
C Grades are not subject to change by reason of a revision of judgment on the instructor’s part.
D. No grade except “Incomplete” may be revised by the instructor on the basis of a new examination or additional work undertaken or completed after submission of final grades.
E. No grade will be changed later than two years after the calendar date ending the semester (including intersession and summer session) in which the grade was assigned.
F. Only the instructor is required to sign grade changes from “I” to a grade.
** For more information on procedural steps refer to the Merritt College Catalog 2021-2022.
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