Student Handbook:
Sanctions
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IV. Sanctions
1. Sanctions which may be recommended or imposed for a violation are
listed here in order of their severity:
- warning:
- probation (with terms and lengths as determined by the person or
Board levying the sanction);
- withheld suspension (failure to comply with the terms of probation
results in immediate suspension from College);
- suspension (removal from the College for a specific length of
time, e.g., semester or academic year) which may include
readmission following the suspension period subject to an additional
period of probation or withheld suspension;
- expulsion (indefinite removal from College). Any request for
re-enrollment must be submitted in writing to the Admission
Committee in care of the Vice President for Student Affairs.
2. In addition to the sanctions enumerated in paragraph one, the
person or Board levying or recommending the sanction may impose or
recommend any combination of the following and may include them as terms
of probation:
- community service (to be performed for a specific period of time
under the direction of the Vice President for Student Affairs);
- fines not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200);
- restitution of damages;
- special sanctions deemed appropriate and reasonable by the person
or Board levying or recommending the sanctions (e.g., counseling,
restrictions on behavior or requiring letters of apology to be
written);
- administrative fees not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25).
3. When appropriate, a student may be given the option of working off
the equivalent of the fines and restitution for the College at the
minimum wage. Until fines or restitution have been paid, the College may
deny a student the privilege of reregistering, may hold transcripts
and/or diplomas, and may refuse to release information based on the
student’s records.
4. Sanctions affecting a student’s residence in
College-controlled housing may be imposed. These sanctions are loss of
privileges within the living group and temporary or permanent removal
from College-controlled housing.
5. Sanctions already imposed by civil or criminal process are taken
into account when any College sanction is imposed.
6. Extensive, organized, serious or repeated violations of this Code
are taken into account when determining the appropriate sanction.
7. The State Board of Education adopted the following
"Guidelines for Enforcement and Monitoring of Alcohol Rule" on
November 18, 1993. Note that Lewis-Clark State College also includes the
illegal use of drugs in this policy and any illegal use of drugs or
combination of alcohol and drug violations of the Code of Conduct will
lead to the enforcement of the following rules:
First Infraction
The institutions shall establish infractions and sanctions as
clearly delineated as possible relating to any first infraction.
Second Infraction
Infraction (1) Without injury; or without conduct likely
to lead to injury.
Sanction (1) Referral to judicial council or similar
authority for action which must include a treatment and/or education
program.
Infraction (2) With injury; or conduct likely to lead
to injury.
Sanction (2) Referral to the proper administrative body of
the Institution for action, must include notification to the criminal
justice system, strict probation, and a treatment of education.
Third Infraction
Infraction (1) Without injury; or without conduct likely
to lead to injury.
Sanction (1) Referral to the appropriate administrative
body of the institution for appropriate action, which must include, at
least, suspension from school for one semester.
Infraction (2) With injury; or conduct likely to lead to
injury.
Sanction (2) Referral to the appropriate administrative
body of the Institution for appropriate action, which must include, at
least, referral to the criminal justice system and expulsion from the
institution for one year
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