The following are possible disciplinary measures that may be imposed upon a student or organization for a finding of responsibility for violations of the Student Code of Conduct. In determining the severity of sanctions or corrective actions the following will be considered: the

frequency, severity, and/or nature of the offense, history of past conduct, the respondent’s willingness to accept responsibility, previous response to similar conduct, and the college’s interests. The disciplinary committee or hearing officer will determine sanctions and issue note of the same, as outlined above. The responsibility for implementation of the recommendation(s) will reside with the Dean of Students.

This broad range of sanctions is not exhaustive and may be expanded or modified as needed.

A. Expulsion: Permanent severance of the student’s or organization’s relationship with the College.

B. Disciplinary Suspension: A temporary severance of the student’s or organization’s relationship with the College for a specified period of time, and or the loss of campus facilities access and access to all Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College events.

C. Disciplinary Probation: Notice to the student and or organization that any further disciplinary violation will result in more severe sanctions, which could include suspension or expulsion from the College. Disciplinary probation might also include one or more of the following: the setting of certain restrictions, the issuing of a reprimand, referral to an educational program, or restitution for damages.

D. Mentoring: A set number of meetings with an assigned mentor on campus whose goal is to provide advice to the student in hopes of fostering success at the institution. A mentor can require additional educational assignments or activities as a part of their sessions. (Mentoring is not considered counseling.)

E. Organizational Sanctions: loss of privileges, including College recognition for a specific period of time or permanently. Loss of privileges may include but is not limited to: a prohibition on social events, fund-raising projects, or intramural events. Organizations are also subject to certain sanctions typically placed on individuals including, but not limited to, educational sanctions, mentoring, fines, and restitution.

F. Reprimand: Oral reprimand (an oral disapproval issued to the student and or organization) or a letter of reprimand (a written statement of disapproval to the student and or organization).

G. Restrictions: Loss of College privileges, change in class, residence hall, no contact orders, exclusion from participating in campus organization leadership/membership, involvement in campus social, recreational and sporting, or recruitment activities, residence hall visitation access, the use of campus facilities, identification card privileges, limitation of mobility on campus, delays in obtaining administrative services and benefits such as holding transcripts, delaying registration, graduation, with additional sanctions for violating.

H. Restitution: Reimbursement or replacement of property; this may take the form of appropriate service or other compensation.

I. College Initiated Withdrawal: From the academic course within which an offense occurred, without credit for the course; or in the case of suspension, withdrawal from all courses.

J. Change in Grade: For the course in which the offense occurred.

K. Referral and or Professional Assessment: The referral to the College’s Counseling Center or Office of Student Success.

L. Required Professional Assessment (in the form of a SIVRA) and or Counseling Sessions (a minimum of 2).

M. Community Service: Assigned service with on or off campus agencies with prior approval from said organizations.

N. Educational Programs: Required participation in alcohol or other drug education or abuse programs, anger management or conflict resolution or mediation programs, sexual or relationship sensitivity awareness or education programs, etc.

O. Academic Requirements: Scholarship work or research on related topic.

P. Parental and or Guardian Notification: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 USCS & 1232g (i)(1) provides in pertinent part that institutions of higher education are not prohibited “…from disclosing, to a parent or legal guardian of a student, information regarding any violation of any federal, state, or local law, or of any rule or policy of the institution, governing the use of possession of alcohol or a controlled substance, regardless of whether that information is contained in the student’s educational records, if (A) the student is under 21; and (B) the institution determines that the student had committed a disciplinary violation with respect to such use of possession.”

Disciplinary Record Retention

Nonacademic conduct decisions, including the imposition of disciplinary sanctions shall be noted within a student’s confidential disciplinary record maintained by the Office of the Dean of Students or other applicable campus department. Student disciplinary records shall not be disclosed to third parties except as required by the Campus Security Act or allowed by the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Records of student disciplinary hearings will be retained under the direction of the Office of the Dean of Students or other appropriate conduct body or officer for at least ten (10) years following the date of the original student conduct decision. If a case involves suspension or expulsion from the College or involves ongoing or pending litigation, the records may be kept longer.