From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: [Inside Illinois] How does the Student Discipline System Work?
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:13:58 GMT

[This is an article from _Inside Illinois_, the Faculty-Staff
Newspaper of the U. of Illinois, January 21. The newspaper is
available via gopher (details appended) or via the newsgroup
uiuc.pubs.in-illinois. - Carl]

How does the Student Discipline System Work?

Step 1: Filing a disciplinary charge Disciplinary charges are
typically filed in two ways:  Any individual who feels his or her
rights as a student may have been violated under the Code on Campus
Affairs, or that a violation of the Code may have taken place, may
file a disciplinary report with the Office of Student Judicial
Affairs.  Staff members in the Office of Student Judicial Affairs
may also present charges for Code violations based on regular
reviews of local police reports.

Step 2: Conducting an initial review Each alleged Code violation
is first reviewed by a staff member in the Office of Student Judicial
Affairs to determine whether there is an apparent violation of the
Code.

Step 3: Participating in a disciplinary officer hearing When the
results of the initial review indicate that there has been an
apparent violation of the Code, the case is reviewed with alleged
violator  referred to as the respondent  by a campus disciplinary
officer. Disciplinary officers are members of the staff of the
Office of Student Judicial Affairs who are designated by the Senate
Committee on Student Discipline to hear cases in which the sanctions
may be less severe than suspension or dismissal from the university.
The respondent is notified of the disciplinary officer hearing and
asked to arrange an interview with the disciplinary officer. When
the respondent arrives at the interview he or she is given time to
read the case file before meeting with the disciplinary officer to
present his or her case. When the interview is completed, the
hearing officer may choose to resolve the case informally, or may
refer the case to a subcommittee for further hearing.  Cases serious
enough to warrant suspension or dismissal are referred to a
subcommittee hearing.

Step 4: Participating in a subcommittee hearing There are four
separate Subcommittees on Student Conduct (undergraduate, graduate,
law and veterinary medicine). Each subcommittee is made up of
volunteer faculty and students from those four areas.  The respondent
receives formal notice of a subcommittee hearing by hand-delivered
or U.S. mail. The respondent must arrange an appointment through
the Office of Student Judicial Affairs to review the case file,
discuss the charges with a staff member, and discuss the procedures
to be followed at the hearing. A hearing date is set at that time.
At the hearing, the respondent may present his/her case and respond
to all information provided to the subcommittee. The respondent
may also have an adviser (typically a friend, teacher, counselor,
staff member or lawyer) present and may call witnesses to testify
on his/her behalf.

Step 5: Sanctioning violations The subcommittee is authorized to
deliver sanctions to students whose cases have been found in
violation of the Code. After deliberation, the respondent is informed
of the subcommittees decision and of the sanctions. At that time,
the respondent also is advised of his/her rights to appeal the
subcommittees ruling.

Step 6: Appealing the subcommittees ruling Written requests for
appeals to the Senate Committee on Student Discipline must be
submitted within five calendar days of notification of the
subcommittees ruling. Respondents may request an appeal for one or
more of the following reasons Whether the incident constituted a
violation of university regulations Whether the hearing procedures
were followed Whether the action taken was authorized Whether the
sanction given was warranted


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