Student Conduct & Regulations 26|Page www.kutztown.edu/thekey 5. During the preliminary briefing or other student conduct meetings, excluding hearings, the advisor may interact with the case officer or designated university official during the meeting. 6. During hearings, neither party’s advisor will have a formal or interactive role with the hearing authority or witnesses. The student will be granted reasonable opportunities during the hearing to privately confer with their advisor. 7. If the advisor is not a student, the student will be considered as host while the advisor is on campus. Any disruptive or disorderly behavior on the part of the advisor may result in charges being filed against the student under the following conduct standards: Abuse of the Student Conduct Process and/or Responsibility for Actions of Guests. 8. The Dean of Students Office reserves the right to assign a university official to attend any student conduct hearing, proceeding, or meeting for the purposes including but not limited to advising hearing boards or university officials on procedures and/or for the purposes of evaluation or assessment. Article 9: Sanctions 1. Sanctions are utilized to help students develop more productive patterns of behavior, to support the integrity of the academic mission, and to protect members of the university community. If a student has accepted responsibility or has been found responsible for violating a university standard, one or more of the following sanctions may be imposed: a. Disciplinary Reprimand: Official notice that a student's conduct was in violation of the Student Code of Conduct and that further violations may result in more serious disciplinary action. b. Educational Activities: The required completion of a specified activity, service project, community service, educational program, event, assignment or other educational and/or restorative assignment. c. University Restrictions: Restricted attendance, access or participation with specific co-curricular events, programs, or student organizations/groups; change of residence hall assignment; no contact restrictions with specific individuals for a defined period of time; and/or restricted access or visitation privileges to specific campus facilities or networks. d. Restitution: Payment for replacement or repair for damages to university property. e. Disciplinary Probation: Official notification of a specified period of review and monitoring not to exceed one year. Further violations of the Student Code of Conduct may result in more severe disciplinary action, including an examination of continued status as a student. Students on Disciplinary Probation are not in good disciplinary standing. f. Deferred Housing Suspension: The student is informed that although the violation of university regulations may warrant removal and suspension of residence hall privileges, a suspension is being deferred, and the student is required to adhere to specific requirements and conditions imposed by the designated hearing authority. Failure to abide by the imposed conditions may result in the rescission of the deferment and loss of university housing privileges. The student is also advised that any subsequent violations may result in an immediate residence hall suspension. g. Housing Suspension: Removal from university housing for a specified period of time, or on a permanent basis. During the period of housing suspension, the student is not permitted entry or visitation to any university-owned or operated residence hall or apartment for the specified period of time. h. Deferred Suspension: Deferred Suspension is imposed only in serious cases or in response to progressive discipline stipulating that a student, in lieu of university suspension, is being allowed to remain at the
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