1.
"
Accused student
" means any student accused of violating this Student Conduct Code.
2.
"
Appellate boards
" means any person or persons authorized by the college president to consider an
appeal from a Student Conduct Board's determination that a student has violated this Student Conduct
Code or from the sanctions imposed by the Student Conduct Administrator. The college president may
act as the appellate board.
3.
"
College"
means a Maricopa Community College or center.
4.
"
College premises
" means all land, buildings, facilities and other property in the possession of or owned,
used or controlled by the college or District.
5.
"
College official
" means any person employed by the college or District, performing assigned
administrative or professional responsibilities pursuant to this Student Conduct Code. The college
president shall designate the college or center official to be responsible for the administration of the
Student Conduct Code.
6.
“
Complainant
” means any person who submits a charge alleging that a student violated this Student
Conduct Code. When a student believes that s/he has been a victim of another student's misconduct, the
student who believes s/he has been a victim will have the same rights under this Student Conduct Code as
are provided to the complainant, even if another member of the college community submitted the charge
itself.
7.
“
Day
” means calendar day at a time when college is in session, and shall exclude weekends and holidays.
8.
“
Disruptive behavior
” means conduct that materially and substantially interferes with or obstructs the
teaching or learning process in the context of a classroom or educational setting.
9.
“
District
” means the Maricopa County Community College District.
10.
"
Faculty member
" means any person hired by the college or District to conduct classroom or teaching
activities or who is otherwise considered by the college to be a member of faculty.
11.
"
May
" is used in the permissive sense.
12.
"
Member of the college community
" means any person who is a student, faculty member, college
official or any other person employed by the college or center. A person's status in a particular situation
shall be determined by the college president.
13.
"
Organization
" means any number of persons who have complied with the formal requirements for
college recognition.
14.
"
Policy
" is defined as the written regulations of the college and/or District as found in, but not limited to,
this Student Conduct Code and Governing Board policy.
15.
"
Shall
" is used in the imperative sense.
16.
"
Student
" means any person taking courses at the college whether full-time or part-time. Persons who
are not officially enrolled for a particular term but who have a continuing relationship with the college are
considered "students".
17.
"
Student Conduct Administrator
" means a college official authorized on a case by case basis by the
college official responsible for administration of the Student Conduct Code to impose sanctions upon
students found to have violated this Student Conduct Code. A Student Conduct Administrator may serve
simultaneously as a Student Conduct Administrator and the sole member or one of the members of a
Student Conduct Board. The college official responsible for administration of the Student Conduct Code
may authorize the same Student Conduct Administrator to impose sanctions in all cases.
18.
"
Student Conduct Board
" means any person or persons authorized by the college president to
determine whether a student has violated this Student Conduct Code and to recommend sanctions that
may be imposed when a violation has been committed.
19.
“
Threatening behavior
” means any written or oral statement, communication, conduct or gesture
directed toward any member of the college community, which causes a reasonable apprehension of
physical harm to self, others or property. It does not matter whether the person communicating the
threat has the ability to carry it out, or whether the threat is made on a present, conditional or future
basis.
Article II: Judicial Authority
1.
The college official responsible for administration of the Student Conduct Code shall determine the
composition of Student Conduct Board and determine which Student Conduct Administrator, Student
Conduct Board, and appellate board shall be authorized to hear each case.
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