Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3364 - University of Toledo › Chapter 3364-30 - Social Events; Housing; Aid; and Mandatory Tuberculosis Screening › Section 3364-30-03 - Student conduct amnesty

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy statement
The university of Toledo ("university")
				strives to maintain a balance between student support and accountability.
				
									The
				university believes in addressing student health and safety concerns directly, and confronting
				dangerous behaviors, but also encouraging students to seek help in situations
				where their own, or another student's health is endangered. As such, a student
				who seeks 
									assistance on behalf of themselves or another
				individual experiencing an alcohol and/or drug related incident,
				
									may not
				be subject to conduct action for the alcohol and/or drug use under the student
				code of conduct if the office of student conduct and community standards
				("OSC&CS") becomes aware of the alcohol and/or drug use solely because the
				individual(s) sought medical attention. Students who
				participate in student conduct investigations may also be eligible for student
				conduct amnesty at the discretion of the director of student conduct and
				community standards (or designee).
Student(s) involved in reported incidents of sexual misconduct
				may  receive student conduct amnesty
				for the alcohol and/or drug violation(s) only. Student conduct amnesty is only
				granted to individual students, not student groups and/or student
				organizations.
(B) Purpose
			 of policy
The university is committed to promoting a safe and
				healthy environment for all students, and wants students to feel confident they
				can make the right decision if there is an alcohol or drug related
				incident.
(C) Procedure
University students who are granted student conduct
				amnesty may be required to meet with a staff member from the OSC&CS. During
				this meeting, the OSC&CS staff member will discuss the situation with the
				student, and provide them with appropriate resources. After the meeting, the
				OSC&CS staff member will have the student complete
				 appropriate educational
				actions. Failure to attend this meeting or
				follow through with the assigned educational actions from the
				OSC&CS staff member will result in the student losing the opportunity for
				student conduct amnesty, and the incident will be processed as a normal student
				conduct case.
Even though student conduct action may be waived due to the
				student receiving student conduct amnesty, the OSC&CS will notify the
				appropriate parent/guardian/emergency
				 contact of any student(s)
				under the age of twenty-one who receives student
				conduct amnesty.
Although a record of the incident will be kept on file, and
				used as prior conduct history should subsequent student conduct matters occur,
				it will not go on the student's educational record, and the file will be
				maintained in accordance with student conduct records per rule
				3364-30-04
				of the Administrative Code (the student code of conduct).
The  director of student conduct and community standards
				(or designee) will make decisions whether to
				grant student conduct amnesty. The availability
				of student conduct amnesty for students with repetitive or severe violations
				will be determined on a case by case basis.
(1) Student conduct amnesty may be granted to
			 
									University
			 students who initiate and seek assistance and/or treatment on behalf of
			 themselves, or another individual. Student conduct amnesty for alcohol and/or
			 drug violation(s) may also be granted to student(s) involved in reported
			 incidents of sexual misconduct.
(2)
			 If a representative from a student group/student organization calls for
			  assistance, the student
			 group/student organization will not receive student conduct amnesty. However,
			 this act of 
									responsible intervention will be considered when
			 sanctioning for policy violations.
(3) This policy is only applicable to the
			 university of
			 Toledo student code of conduct, and does not preclude law enforcement
			 agencies from enforcing the law.
(4) The student conduct amnesty policy
			 applies to emergencies related to alcohol and drug use, and is not applicable
			 to other prohibited behavior(s). Other prohibited behavior(s) will be handled
			 using the appropriate University policy.