Discipline
- Breaches of Conduct
The College regards the following as types of misconduct which, if established, will result in appropriate disciplinary action:
- Academic cheating and plagiarism of any kind (see Chapter 7, B7.13.7 of the Standards of Student Conduct Policy).
- Furnishing false information to the College or filing or making known false charges against the College and/or a member of its faculty or staff.
- Destruction, damage, unauthorized possession, or misuse of College property, including library and laboratory materials and equipment, or of private property on the campus.
- Forgery; alteration; unauthorized possession; or misuse of College documents, records, or identification cards.
- Physical or verbal abuse of another person in the College community. Any verbal threat or abuse or physical action against any College employee and/or student is considered sufficient grounds for immediate suspension from the College, subject to a disciplinary hearing.
- Participation in hazing, in contravention of the Texas Education Code, Section 37.151 to 37.158, inclusive.
- Use, distribution, or possession of alcoholic beverages, dangerous drugs, or controlled substances while on College property or at any authorized activity sponsored by or for any College-related organization, whether on or off the campus.
- Disorderly conduct that inhibits or interferes with the educational responsibility of the College community or that disrupts the administrative or service functions of the College to include social-educational activities.
- Actions that violate state or federal law or city or county ordinances.
- Misconduct or misuse of elected or appointed office in a student organization, or endangering its members or the welfare of the College community.
- Incorrigible or persistently irresponsible behavior.
- Gambling on campus or on College property.
- Conduct that disrupts teaching with detrimental effects upon other students.
- Any disruption of ongoing educational activities of the College which warrants disciplinary action.
- Disciplinary Action
Any one or more of the following disciplinary actions may be imposed by the College:
- Admonition and warning.
- Loss of privileges.
- Removal from elective or appointive office.
- Loss of such other privileges, which may be consistent with the offense committed, and the rehabilitation of the student.
- Disciplinary probation with or without loss of designated privileges for a specified period of time. The violation of the terms of disciplinary probation or the infraction of any College rule during the disciplinary action will result in automatic suspension.
- Suspension from the College for a definite period of time.
- Expulsion from the College.
Suspension or expulsion from the College will require that the student be afforded a hearing to present their side of the incident or action prior to the administrative suspension or expulsion decision. A student may be suspended or expelled prior to a hearing when there is imminent danger to the student or another individual on campus.