STUDENT CONDUCT CODE
Article 2. STUDENT CONDUCT
41301. Standards for Student Conduct
Title V, 41301
(a) Campus Community Values
The University is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy living and learning environment for students, faculty, and staff. Each member of the campus community should choose behaviors that contribute toward this end. Students are expected to be good citizens and to engage in responsible behaviors that reflect well upon their university, to be civil to one another and to others in the campus community, and contribute positively to student and university life.
(b) Grounds for Student Discipline
Student behavior that is not consistent with the Student Conduct Code is addressed through an educational process that is designed to promote safety and good citizenship and, when necessary, impose appropriate consequences. The following are grounds upon which student discipline can be based:
(1) Dishonesty, including:
(A) Cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic
dishonesty that are intended to gain unfair academic
advantage.
(B) Furnishing false information to a University official, faculty
member, or campus office.
(C) Forgery, alteration, or misuse of a University document,
key, or identification instrument.
(D) Misrepresenting one's self to be an authorized agent of
the University or one of its auxiliaries.
(2) Unauthorized entry into, presence in, use of, or misuse of
University property.
(3) Willful, material and substantial disruption or obstruction of
a University-related activity, or any on-campus activity.
(4) Participating in an activity that substantially and materially
disrupts the normal operations of the University, or infringes
on the rights of members of the University community.
(5) Willful, material and substantial obstruction of the free flow of
pedestrian or other traffic, on or leading to campus property
or an off-campus University related activity.
(6) Disorderly, lewd, indecent, or obscene behavior at a
University related activity, or directed toward a member of the
University community.
(7) Conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of
any person within or related to the University community,
including physical abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment,
or sexual misconduct.
(8) Hazing, or conspiracy to haze. Hazing is defined as any
method of initiation or pre-initiation into a student
organization, or student body, whether or not the organization
or body is officially recognized by an educational institution,
which is likely to cause serious bodily injury to any former,
current, or prospective student of any school, community
college, college, university or other educational institution in
this state (Penal Code 245.6), and in addition, any act likely
to cause physical harm, personal degradation or disgrace
resulting in physical or mental harm , to any former, current,
or prospective student of any school, community college,
college, university or other educational institution. The term
"hazing" does not include customary athletic events or
school sanctioned events.
Neither the express or implied consent of a victim of hazing,
nor the lack of active participation in a particular hazing
incident is a defense. Apathy or acquiescence in the
presence of hazing is not a neutral act, and is also a
violation of this section.
(9) Use, possession, manufacture, or distribution of illegal drugs
or drug-related paraphernalia, (except as expressly permitted
by law and University regulations) or the misuse of legal
pharmaceutical drugs.
(10) Use, possession, manufacture, or distribution of alcoholic
beverages (except as expressly permitted by law and
University regulations), or public intoxication while on
campus or at a University related activity.
(11) Theft of property or services from the University community,
or misappropriation of University resources.
(12) Unauthorized destruction, or damage to University property
or other property in the University community.
(13) Possession or misuse of firearms or guns, replicas,
ammunition, explosives, fireworks, knives, other weapons,
or dangerous chemicals (without the prior authorization of
the campus president) on campus or at a University related
activity.
(14) Unauthorized recording, dissemination, or publication of
academic presentations (including handwritten notes) for a
commercial purpose.
(15) Misuse of computer facilities or resources, including:
(A) Unauthorized entry into a file, for any purpose.
(B) Unauthorized transfer of a file.
(C) Use of another's identification or password.
(D) Use of computing facilities, campus network, or other
resources to interfere with the work of another member of
the University community.
(E) Use of computing facilities and resources to send
obscene or intimidating and abusive messages.
(F) Use of computing facilities and resources to interfere with
normal University operations.
(G) Use of computing facilities and resources in violation of
copyright laws.
(H) Violation of a campus computer use policy.
(16) Violation of any published University policy, rule, regulation
or presidential order.
(17) Failure to comply with directions, or interference with, any
University official or any public safety officer while acting in
the performance of his/her duties.
(18) Any act chargeable as a violation of a federal, state, or
local law that poses a substantial threat to the safety or
well-being of members of the University community, to
property within the University community or poses a
significant threat of disruption or interference with University
operations.
(19) Violation of the Student Conduct Procedures, including:
(A) Falsification, distortion, or misrepresentation of
information related to a student discipline matter.
(B) Disruption or interference with the orderly progress of a
student discipline proceeding.
(C) Initiation of a student discipline proceeding in bad faith.
(D) Attempting to discourage another from participating in
the student discipline matter.
(E) Attempting to influence the impartiality of any participant
in a student discipline matter.
(F) Verbal or physical harassment or intimidation of any
participant in a student discipline matter.
(G) Failure to comply with the sanction(s) imposed under a
student discipline proceeding.
(20) Encouraging, permitting, or assisting another to do any act
that could subject him or her to discipline.
(c) Procedures for Enforcing This Code
The Chancellor shall adopt procedures to ensure students are afforded appropriate notice and an opportunity to be heard before the University imposes any sanction for a violation of the Student Conduct Code.
(d) Application of This Code
Sanctions for the conduct listed above can be imposed on applicants, enrolled students, students between academic terms, graduates awaiting degrees, and students who withdraw from school while a disciplinary matter is pending. Conduct that threatens the safety or security of the campus community, or substantially disrupts the functions or operation of the University is within the jurisdiction of this Article regardless of whether it occurs on or off campus. Nothing in this Code may conflict with Education Code Section 66301 that prohibits disciplinary action against students based on behavior protected by the First Amendment.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 66017, 66452, 66600, 69810, 89030, and 89035, Education Code. Reference: Sections 66450, 69813, et seq. and 89030, Education Code; and Section 245.6, Penal Code.
This Document has been update on Date: March 12, 2008
