Washington Administrative Code › Title 132L - Centralia College › Chapter 132L-350 - CENTRALIA COLLEGE-STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES CODE › Section 132L-350-090 - Disciplinary sanctions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The board of
			 trustees acting in accordance with Washington state statutes delegates to the
			 president of the college authority to administer disciplinary action. In
			 addition, the board of trustees authorizes the college administration to
			 promulgate rules and provide for sanctions that provide a civil and
			 nondisruptive learning environment.
(2) Administration of the disciplinary
			 procedure is the responsibility of the student conduct officer. The student
			 conduct officer shall serve as the principal investigator and prosecutor for
			 alleged violations of this code.
(3) In situations of apparent misconduct or
			 apparent unauthorized presence in a college facility, it may be necessary for
			 properly identified college personnel to ask a person to produce evidence of
			 being a currently enrolled student at the college. Failure to comply with a
			 legitimate request for identification from properly identified college
			 personnel is a violation of this code and may result in a disciplinary action
			 if the person is found to be a student. In emergency situations, cases of
			 misconduct, or where there is a substantial danger to the college community or
			 college property, failure to produce identification by a student may result in
			 the assumption by college personnel that the person questioned is not a student
			 and may result in direct civil or criminal action.
(4)The instructor is responsible for conduct
			 in the classroom or any course-related activity or event and is authorized to
			 take such steps as are necessary when behavior of the student disrupts the
			 normal classroom procedure. Instructors may remove a student for the single
			 class session in which such disruptive behavior occurs. When such behavior
			 results in expulsion from a class session, the instructor must report the
			 infraction in writing to the student conduct officer at the earliest
			 opportunity. The student is automatically permitted to return to the next class
			 session pending the outcome of any investigation or disciplinary hearings by
			 the student conduct officer. If the student repeats behavior in any class
			 session that again disrupts the normal classroom procedure, the student may be
			 removed again for that class session by the instructor who shall again report
			 the infraction to the student conduct officer in writing. In all cases
			 involving classroom disruption, the student conduct officer will proceed with
			 the investigation and/or disciplinary hearings in the quickest possible time
			 consistent with the procedural requirements established in this code.
(5)The person in charge of any college
			 office, department, or facility is responsible for conduct in that office,
			 department, or facility and is authorized to take such steps as are necessary
			 when behavior of the student disrupts the normal office procedure. The person
			 in charge may remove a student for the single day in which such disruptive
			 behavior occurs. When such behavior results in expulsion from an office,
			 department, or facility, the person in charge must report the infraction in
			 writing to the student conduct officer at the earliest opportunity. The student
			 is automatically permitted to return the next day pending the outcome of any
			 investigation or disciplinary hearings by the student conduct officer. If the
			 student repeats behavior at any time in the future that again disrupts the
			 normal office procedure, the student may be removed again for a single day by
			 the person in charge who shall again report the infraction to the student
			 conduct officer in writing. In all cases involving office disruption, the
			 student conduct officer will proceed with the investigation and/or disciplinary
			 hearings in the quickest possible time consistent with the procedural
			 requirements established in this code.
(6)The student has the right to appeal any
			 disciplinary action of an instructor or college employee to the student conduct
			 officer in accordance with the procedures set forth in this code.
(7)A student formally charged or under
			 investigation for a violation of this code may not excuse himself or herself
			 from disciplinary hearings by withdrawing from the college.
(8) In addition to initiating discipline
			 proceedings for violation of the student conduct code, the college may refer
			 any violations of federal, state, or local laws to civil and criminal
			 authorities for disposition. The college shall proceed with student
			 disciplinary proceedings regardless of whether the underlying conduct is
			 subject to civil or criminal prosecution.