endangered the essential operation of NIC or the safety of members of the college community.
Students assigned suspension or expulsion may elect to have the NICJB review the appropriateness
of the sanction.
D. OTHER SANCTIONS: In addition to the sanctions explained in Article XIV, item A, a hearing
officer may impose any combination of the following and may include them as terms of probation:
1. community service (to be performed for a specified period of time under the direction of the
Vice President for Student Services or designee);
2. restitution of damages; reimbursement for damage to or misappropriation of property, repair,
or other appropriate forms of compensation,
3. special sanctions deemed appropriate and reasonable (e.g., restrictions on behavior,
requiring letters of apology to be written, etc.);
4. counseling or other educational interventions
5. assessment for drug, alcohol, or other psychological disorder
E. SANCTIONS NOT COMPLETED:
If sanctions, including community service hours and restitution,
have not been completed or if sanctions agreed to by a student in an agreed settlement have not
been completed, NIC, at the discretion of the Vice President for Student Services or the Vice
President’s designee, may deny a student the privilege of registering for classes.
F. ON-CAMPUS LIVING: Sanctions affecting a student’s residence in NIC-controlled housing may
be imposed. These sanctions are loss of privileges within the living group and temporary or
permanent removal from NIC-controlled housing.
G. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL OFFENSES: Sanctions already imposed by civil or criminal process will be
taken into account when any NIC sanction is imposed.
H. SEVERE VIOLATIONS: Extensive, organized, serious, or repeated violations of this code will be
taken into account when determining the appropriate sanction.
APPENDIX TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
(1) Idaho Code, section 33-3715: “The legislature, in recognition of unlawful campus disorders across
the nation which are disruptive of the educational process and dangerous to the health and safety
of persons and damaging to public and private property, establishes by this act criminal penalties
for conduct declared in this act to be unlawful. However, this act shall not be construed as
preventing institutions of higher education from establishing standards of conduct, scholastic and
behavioral, reasonably relevant to their lawful missions, process, and functions, and to invoke
appropriate discipline for violations of such standards.”
(2) Idaho Code, section 33-3716: “No person shall, on the campus of any community college, junior
college, college, or college in this state, hereinafter referred to as ‘institutions of higher education,’ or at
or in any building or other facility owned, operated, or controlled by the governing board of any such
institution of higher education, willfully deny to students, school officials, employees, and invitees: (a)
lawful freedom of movement on campus; (b) lawful use of property, facilities, or parts of any institution of
higher education; or (c) the right of lawful ingress [entry] and egress [exit] of the institution’s physical
facilities.
(3) “No person shall, on the campus of any institution of higher education, or at or in any building or
other facility owned, operated, or controlled by the governing board of any such institution, willfully
impede the staff or faculty of such institution in the lawful performance of their duties, or willfully
impede a student of such institution in the lawful pursuit of his educational activities, through the use
of restraint, abduction, coercion, or intimidation, or when force and violence are present or
threatened.
(4) “No person shall willfully refuse or fail to leave the property of, or any building or other facility
owned, operated, or controlled by the governing board of any such institution of higher education
upon being requested to do so by the chief administrative officer, his designee charged with
maintaining order on the campus and in its facilities, or a Vice President of such college or
college, if such person is committing, threatens to commit, or incites others to commit, any act
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