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Standards of Conduct
In the classroom: Students are expected to take responsibility for helping to create a quality classroom environment. Students are expected to show:
1. Respect for the instructor: This would include arriving on time, staying for the entire class period, bringing assignments, textbooks and other appropriate materials to class, refraining from talking while the instructor or classmates are making a presentation, leaving cell phones and other electronic devices off during class periods, and using a moderate, mature and respectful tone when participating in group discussions.
2. Respect for other students: This would include using appropriate language in public areas and refraining from physically or verbally harassing others in any way.
An instructor has the right to remove a student from class any time he or she considers the student’s actions to be interfering with a proper collegiate environment. The instructor may also refer the incident to the administration for disciplinary action as warranted.
On the Campus: Creating a proper campus environment is also very important for academic and individual success. The Board of Trustees of the San Bernardino Community College District has established district-wide standards of student conduct, which will be enforced at all times. These rules of conduct are particularly important in large common areas such as the cafeteria, bookstore, vending areas, campus quads, and other highly frequented areas.
Grounds for Disciplinary Action
The Chancellor shall be responsible for procedures that impose discipline on students in accordance with due process outlined in federal and state law and regulations.
The following behaviors are subject to disciplinary action ranging from verbal reprimand through removal, suspension or expulsion of a student:
• Academic Misconduct • Alcohol
• Assault/Battery
• Bias
• Continued Misconduct or Repeat Violation • Dating Violence
• Destruction of Property
• Discrimination
• Dishonesty
• Disorderly or lewd conduct
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