Article III: Authority

  1. The Dean of Community Standards Office shall empanel hearing boards as needed and shall appoint a member of the hearing board to serve as a limited voting chair. Hearing board chairs shall only vote in event of a tie. Each hearing board must have an equal number of student and faculty representatives, but not less than one each, to hold a hearing.
  2. When convening a hearing board will unnecessarily delay the timely hearing of a case or when insufficient members to hold a hearing are available, a case may be referred to an administrative hearing conducted by a designated college official serving as a hearing officer following the general procedures established for a hearing.
  3. The Dean of Community Standards Office shall determine which hearing board or hearing officer shall be authorized to hear each case.
  4. The Dean of Community Standards Office (in consultation with the Dean of Students) shall develop policies for the administration of the program and procedural rules for the conduct of hearings that are consistent with the provisions of the Community Standards and Rules of Conduct code. Such policies and procedures must be included with notification to a student that they have been accused of violating the college’s published Rules of Conduct code.
  5.  Decisions made by a hearing board or hearing officer shall be final, subject to the defined appeal process.
  6. The Dean of Community Standards or the Dean of Students staff member may be designated as a mediator of disputes within the student community or in student behavioral cases. All parties must agree to mediation and to be bound by the decision with no right of appeal.

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