Student Conduct & Regulations 31|Page www.kutztown.edu/thekey a. In addition to professional staff in the Dean of Students Office, Student Conduct Hearing Officers are professional staff appointed by the Dean of Students and/or Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs to assist with the implementation and coordination of student conduct hearings. b. Hearing Officers: 1) serve as ex-officio Hearing Facilitators formal hearings with the University Conduct Board. 2) serve as the decision-maker Hearing Officer for formal, single administrator hearings. 3) serve as Administrative Hearing Officers for informal hearings. 4) participate in on-going training and professional development regarding student conduct policies, procedures, current issues, and best practices. 2. University Conduct Board a. Composition: The University Conduct Board will consist of 18 – 20 members of the University community. Cases brought before the board will be heard by a two (2) to three (3) member University Conduct Board panel (UCB) with a Hearing Officer presiding. 1) Five (5) students shall be selected by Dean of Students Office. All student representatives must be in good academic and disciplinary standing. Student representative appointments may be renewed on an annual basis. 2) Five (5) faculty members are selected from the willingness-to-serve process as conducted by the Committee on Committees. Faculty shall serve three (3) year staggered terms. 3) Five (5) Professional/Administrative staff are selected from willingness-to-serve ballots as conducted by the Committee on Committees. Professional/Administrative staff shall serve three (3) year staggered terms. 4) Three (3) to Five (5) Hearing Officers. b. University Conduct Board Procedure 1) All members of the University Conduct Board will participate in content and procedural training relating to the workings of the student conduct system. 2) When a case is referred to the University Conduct Board, it will be assigned to a Hearing Officer. 3) When an appeal is referred to the University Conduct Board, the Dean of Students will serve as the Appeals Officer. 4) One (1) representative from each constituency listed in 5.B.1. will be assigned to a case. In the event of a lack of available representatives then more than one (1) representative from the other group(s) may serve at a hearing. 5) For formal hearings, the University Conduct Board is responsible for finding fact and determining responsibility. The Board may recommend sanctions, if appropriate, to the Dean of Students Office in the case assigned. 6) The Hearing Officer will preside over the formal hearing and will not participate in the decision of responsibility but will facilitate the deliberative process and communicate sanction recommendations, as applicable, to the Dean of Students Office. 7) For appeals, the Appeals Board of the University Conduct Board is responsible for reviewing all requests consistent with the appeals process defined in this policy. c. Jurisdiction 1) Violation of the University's Student Code of Conduct excluding cases falling under the Sexual Misconduct Policy and Academic Honesty Policies.
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