Per Board Policy 5500-Standards of Conduct
I.D - The Vice President of Student Success and Support Programs or designee shall be responsible forenforcing rules and regulations for all activities of students at times and placeswhen students are under college jurisdiction, except that individual instructors aregiven the power to remove students for good cause for the remainder of thesubject school day, plus up to one additional class meeting. The instructor shallimmediately report the removal to the Vice President of Student Success and Support Programs ordesignee for appropriate action. (California Educational Code: Section 76032)
What this means is that an instructor can excuse a student from the remainder of aspecific class and for the next class meeting, pending a discussion regardingacceptable standards of conduct with the instructor, Department Chair, Dean, and/orVice President. In addition, an instructor may assign a failing grade for any exam, quiz,test, or assignment when it has been determined that the student has been engaged inacademic dishonesty.
In either situation, the instructor will file an Incident Referral with the office of the VicePresident of Student Services. The incident will be reviewed for possible furtherdisciplinary action.
The instructor cannot fail, drop, or suspend a student from the class for this incident butcan make that disciplinary recommendation as part of the referral process. Therecommendation of the instructor will be strongly considered while the incident is underreview and the student’s due process rights are being observed.
During the period of the instructor instigated removal, a student shall not be returnedto the class from which he or she was removed without the concurrence of the instructorof the class.
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