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Smoke-Free Campus
Victor Valley College is a smoke-free institution; the Victor Valley Community College District designates all district property (including district owned vehicles) as non- smoking. Smoking or the use of any tobacco products, including smokeless devices such as e-cigarettes and the smoking of marijuana as well as the paraphernalia used for the smoking of marijuana is prohibited at all District sites including in personal vehicles. Reference: BP 3570
Classroom Discipline
Instructors outline classroom rules and behavioral expectations on their syllabus. Examples may include a prohibition on the use of cell phones, the wearing of appropriate lab attire, etc. Faculty may suspend students from class for up to two consecutive class meetings for gross misconduct and/or class disruption. Instructors must complete an incident report on all suspensions and forward the form to the Vice President's office.
An instructor may assign a failing grade on a particular assignment or examination if the student was found to have plagiarized in preparing that assignment or cheated on a particular examination. An instructor cannot automatically fail a student for the entire course where the student is only known to have cheated or plagiarized with respect to one of several assignments that count toward the final grade. An instructor may not drop a student for cheating or plagiarism. A student may only be involuntarily removed from a course due to excessive absences or as a result of a disciplinary action taken pursuant to law or the Student Conduct Code.
Principle of Progressive Discipline
The campus follows a “progressive” discipline process. Unless inappropriate conduct is egregious and/or requires intervention by law enforcement, the initial contact will result in a verbal warning. Infractions after an initial meeting may result in short or long-term suspension and/or expulsion.
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