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Conduct Board and/or its Student Conduct Administrator.
iii. In Student Conduct Board hearings involving more than one accused student, the Student
Conduct Administrator, in his or her discretion, may permit the Student Conduct Board hearing
concerning each student to be conducted either separately or jointly.
iv. The complainant and the accused shall have the right to be assisted by any advisor they choose,
at their own expense.A party who elects to be assisted by an advisor must notify the student conduct administrator of the name and contact information of the advisor not less than two (2) days before the scheduled hearing.The advisor must be a member of the college community and may not be an attorney. Both the complainant and the accused are responsible for presenting their own information and, therefore, advisors are not permitted to speak or participate directly in any Student Conduct Board hearing before a Student Conduct Board.
v. The complainant and the accused shall have the right to be assisted by any advisor they choose, at their own expense. A party who elects to be assisted by an advisor must notify the student conduct administrator of the name and contact information of the advisor not less than two (2) days before the scheduled hearing. The advisor must be a member of the college community and may not be an attorney. Both the complainant and the accused are responsible for presenting their own information and, therefore, advisors are not permitted to speak or participate directly in any Student Conduct Board hearing before a Student Conduct Board.
vi. The Student Conduct Administrator will present the information he or she received.
vii. Pertinent records, exhibits, and written statements may be accepted as information for
consideration by a Student Conduct Board at the discretion of the chairperson.
viii. All procedural questions are subject to the final decision of the chairperson of the Student
Conduct Board.
ix. After the portion of the Student Conduct Board hearing concludes in which all pertinent
information has been received, the Student Conduct Board shall determine (by majority vote if the Student Conduct Board consists of more than one person) whether the accused student violated the section of this Student Conduct Code which the student is charged with violating.
x. The Student Conduct Board’s determination shall be made on the basis of whether it is more likely than not that the accused student violated this Student Conduct Code.
E. There shall be a single verbatim record, such as a tape recording, of all Student Conduct Board hearings before a Student Conduct Board (not including deliberations). The record shall be the property of the District.
F. No student may be found to have violated this Student Conduct Code because the student failed to appear before a Student Conduct Board. In all cases, the evidence and support of the charges shall be presented and considered.
G. The Student Conduct Board may accommodate concerns for the personal safety, well-being, and/ or fears of confrontation of the complainant, accused student, and/or other witness during the hearing by providing separate facilities, by using a visual screen, and/or by permitting participation by telephone, videophone, closed circuit television, video conferencing, videotape, audio tape, written statement, or other means, where and as determined in the sole judgment of the college official responsible for administration of the Student Conduct Code.
2. Sanctions
A. The following sanctions may be imposed upon any student found to have violated the Student Conduct Code:
B. C.
i. Warning - a written notice to the student that the student is violating or has violated institutional rules or regulations.
ii. Probation - a written reprimand for violation of specified rules or regulations. Probation is for a designated period of time and includes the probability of more severe disciplinary sanctions if the student is found to violate any institutional rules or regulation(s) during the probationary period.
iii. Loss of Privileges - denial of specified privileges for a designated period of time.
iv. Restitution - compensation for loss, damage or injury. This may take the form of appropriate
service and/or monetary or material replacement.
v. Discretionary Sanctions - work assignments, essays, service to the college, or other related
discretionary assignments. (Such assignments must have the prior approval of the Student
Conduct Administrator.)
vi. College Suspension - separation of the student from all the colleges in the District for a definite
period of time, after which the student is eligible to return. Conditions for readmission may be
specified.
vii. College Expulsion - permanent separation of the student from all the colleges in the District.
More than one of the sanctions listed above may be imposed for any single violation.
Other than college expulsion, disciplinary sanction shall not be made part of the student’s academic record, but shall become part of the student’s disciplinary record. Upon graduation, the student’s disciplinary record may be expunged of disciplinary actions upon the student’s application to the Student Conduct Administrator. Cases involving the imposition of sanctions other than suspension or expulsion shall be expunged from the student’s confidential record seven (7) years after final disposition of the case.