Santa Clarita Community College District

POLICY MANUAL

Policy: 529 - STUDENT CONDUCT

Section: 500

Date Adopted: 07/9/1997 

529.1            Introduction

The California Education Code (section 66300) requires every community college governing board to adopt specific rules governing student behavior along with applicable penalties for violation of such rules.

Students enrolling at College of the Canyons assume an obligation to abide by all College regulations.

529.2            Grounds for Disciplinary Action

A student may be disciplined for one or more of the following causes which must be College/District related.  This list is not intended to be exhaustive , but are examples of good and sufficient causes for disciplinary action.

A.     Any theft, conversion, or damage or destruction of and/or to any property, real or personal, belonging to the College, a member of the College staff, a student, or a campus visitor.

B.     Forgery, alteration or misuse of College documents, keys, records or identification, or knowingly furnishing false information to a college.

C.     Cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, and other forms of academic dishonesty, and/or facilitating academic dishonesty.

D.     Physical or verbal abuse, including sexual assault, sexual harassment and stalking, or any threat of force or violence directed toward any member of the College or a campus visitor.

E.      Manufacture, use, possession, distribution, or being under the influence of alcohol, narcotics, or other dangerous drugs on campus, or off campus at any College-sponsored event.

F.      Unauthorized entry into, unauthorized use of, possession of, or misuse of, College property.

G.     Disorderly, lewd, indecent, obscene or offensive conduct on College-owned or controlled property or at College-sponsored or supervised function.

H.     Possession or use of any firearms, explosives, dangerous chemicals, or other potentially harmful implements or substances while on the College campus or at a College-sponsored function without prior authorization of the College President or designee.

I.        Failure to identify oneself to or failure to comply with directions of College officials acting in performance of their duties including, but not limited to, the provisions of the Penal Code Sections 626.6 and 626.8.

J.       Obstruction or disruption, on or off campus, of the College's education process, administrative process, or other College function.

K.    Violation of any order of the College President, notice of which has been given prior to such violation and which order is not inconsistent with any of the other provisions of this policy.  This notice may be given by publication in the College newspaper, or by posting on an official bulletin board designated for this purpose.

L.      Soliciting or assisting another to do any act which would subject a student to expulsion, suspension, probation, or other discipline pursuant to this policy.

M.   Abusive behavior directed toward, or hazing of, a member of the College community.

N.    Any other cause not listed above which is identified as good cause by Education Code Sections 76032 and 76033.

O.    Attempting to do any of the causes for disciplinary action identified above.

P.      Abuse of computing facilities or computer time, including but not limited to unauthorized entry into a file to use, read, or change the contents or any other purpose; unauthorized transfer of a file; unauthorized use of another individual’s identification or password; use of computing facilities to interfere with the work of another student, faculty member, or College official; and/or use of computing facilities to interfere with a College computing system.  For specifics refer to the College of the Canyons Acceptable Use Agreement.

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