Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 681 - Regents Board › Chapter 9 - Policies, Practices and Procedures › Rule 681-9.1 - Uniform Rules of Personal Conduct

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Definitions.
For
			 purposes of these rules, the following words shall have the meaning set forth
			 unless the context requires otherwise.
"Admission "
means admission, readmission,
				reentry, registration, and reregistration as a student to any educational
				program of the university.
"Board"
means the board of regents, state of
				Iowa.
"Campus "
means all property owned or used by
				the university.
"Dismissal of a member of the faculty or staff
means termination of status as an employee without right of
				reemployment.
"Expulsion of a student"
means termination of
				status as a student without right of readmission.
"Member of the faculty or staff
means all
				employees of the university.
"Person "
means any student, member of the
				faculty or staff, or visitor.
"President"
means the president (or acting
				president) of the university or any person or persons designated to act on the
				president's behalf for purposes of these rules.
"Student"
means a person who is currently
				registered as a student at the university in an undergraduate, graduate or
				professional program on the campus, and includes students who have been
				suspended for a fixed period of time, during that fixed period; admitted
				students prior to enrollment; and persons continuing to work on a program of
				studies with the intent of returning to the university, even though not
				formally enrolled.
"Suspension of a member of the faculty or
				staff
means that during a specified period of time, the member of the
				faculty or staff is not eligible to continue as an employee of the university
				or to resume employment status or to be granted admission as a student. Subject
				to other rules and regulations of each institution concerning continued
				employment by the institution, a member of the faculty or staff who has been
				suspended for a specified period shall be reinstated by the university at the
				expiration of the suspension period provided that during the suspension period
				the member of the faculty or staff has not committed other acts of misconduct
				specified in 9.1(2) or in the policies of the university. A member of the
				faculty or staff under such suspension whose reemployment is denied on the
				basis of alleged acts of misconduct committed during a suspension period shall
				have a right to a hearing on that issue as provided in 9.1(3).
"Suspension of a student"
means that during a
				specified period of time, the student shall be denied admission to the
				university. Subject to the rules and regulations of each institution concerning
				enrollment at the institution, a suspended student shall be reinstated to the
				university at the expiration of the suspension period provided that during the
				suspension period the student has not committed acts of misconduct specified in
				9.1(2). A suspended student whose reinstatement is denied on the basis of
				alleged acts of misconduct committed during this suspension period shall have a
				right to a hearing on that issue, as provided in 9.1(3).
"University "
means an institution of higher
				learning under the jurisdiction of the board. When used in the plural, the word
				means all institutions of higher learning under the jurisdiction of the
				board.
"Visitor"
means any person on the campus who
				is not a student or a member of the faculty or staff.
(2)
Rules of personal
			 conduct.
The acts of misconduct defined in this subrule apply at the
			 universities governed by the board. The universities are authorized to adopt
			 other definitions of misconduct in addition to those in this rule. Any person,
			 student, member of the faculty or staff, or visitor, who intentionally commits,
			 attempts to commit, or incites or aids others in committing any of the
			 following acts shall be subject to disciplinary action:
a. Obstruction or disruption of teaching,
			 research, administration, disciplinary procedures, or other university or
			 university-authorized function or event.
b. Unauthorized occupation or use of or
			 unauthorized entry into any university facility. However, any entry into, use
			 of, or occupation of any university facility by a student or member of the
			 faculty or staff, which does not violate any of the other rules of personal
			 conduct set forth herein, shall be deemed unauthorized only if specifically
			 prohibited, if that facility is closed at that time to general use or if the
			 person fails to comply with proper notice to leave.
c. physical abuse or the threat of physical
			 abuse against any person on the campus or at or during any
			 university-authorized function or event, or other conduct which threatens or
			 endangers the health or safety of others.
d. Theft of or damage to property of the
			 university or of a person on the campus or at or during any
			 university-authorized function or event.
e. Interference with the right of access to
			 university facilities or with any other lawful right of any person on the
			 campus.
f. Setting a fire on the
			 campus or at or during any university-authorized function or event without
			 proper authority.
g. Use or
			 possession on the campus or at or during any university-authorized function or
			 event of firearms, ammunition, or other dangerous weapons, substances, or
			 materials (except as expressly authorized by the university), or of bombs,
			 explosives, or explosive or incendiary devices prohibited by law.
h. Participation in a riot or unlawful
			 assembly, or failure to disperse, as defined by state law, whether such acts
			 occur on or off the campus, if such act or failure to act occurs:
(1) In the contiguous metropolitan area in
			 which any university governed by the board is located; or
(2) During a function or event authorized or
			 sponsored by the university or an organization recognized by or affiliated with
			 the university.
i.
			 Conduct off campus which leads directly to a violation of any of
			 paragraphs
"a "
to
"h "
of this subrule.