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                 Policies and Regulations
1. Secure the campus.
2. Protect state property.
3. Respond to emergency situations.
4. Provide escort service between the classroom and your vehicle if needed during nighttime hours.
5. Prevention issues, crime report, and timely warnings about threats to the campus community will be reported to students.
Please help us out! Security is everybody’s business. If you see something that appears suspicious or someone that does not seem right, please let the guard know so that it can be looked into as soon as possible.
STUDENT PARKING LOT
Students may park at no charge in designated Student Parking areas. Students who park in unauthorized areas will be issued two warnings by campus security. After two warnings, vehicles will be towed off the premises and students will be responsible for associated towing charges.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL-FREE CAMPUS POLICY
In accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Drug Free Workplace Act of 1989, the college is
committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace; and in accordance with the requirements of the Drug Free Schools and Community Act amendment of 1989, the college maintains a drug and alcohol-free college environment for students and employees.
The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession or use of illicit drugs and alcohol is prohibited at Palo Verde College. Violation of this policy by students will result in disciplinary sanctions up to and including expulsion. Violators may be prosecuted under applicable laws.
NON-SMOKING POLICY
Pursuant to Board Policy 3570, smoking is NOT prohibited in all enclosed facilities without exception.
STUDENTS’ RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
ACADEMIC HONOR CODE
The faculty of Palo Verde College is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards possible related to student academic performance in our online, correspondence, and face-to-face classes. We assume that students will pursue their studies with integrity and honesty. However, when students are caught cheating or plagiarizing, a process is begun which may result in severe consequences. Cheating is seeking credit for academic work through the use of dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Dishonesty consisting of cheating of any kind with respect to examination, course assignments, or illegal possession of examination papers, or any student helping another to cheat is subject to penalties. Any student who deliberately uses and appropriates another’s work without identifying the source, passes off of such work as the student’s own, or who fails to give full credit for ideas or materials taken from another, has plagiarized.
It is the responsibility of the student to know what constitutes academic dishonesty. If a student is unclear about a specific situation, he or she may speak to his or her instructor. Depending on the seriousness of the infraction, the student may:
• have his/her course grade lowered;
• receive a failing grade on the paper, test, or course; • be placed on probation or suspension;
• be expelled.
In cases of cheating or plagiarism, the instructor may take academic action as outlined in the Due Process section of this catalog.
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