Student Services II Incident Appeals Procedures A.
A student may appeal his/her withdrawal, suspension/banning, or dismissal to the Vice President of Student Services. 1. ThisappealmustbemadeinwritingtotheVicePresidentofStudentServices. The written appeal must be delivered within (five) 5 working days of the incident. 2. The Vice President of Student Services will notify the Student Appeal Committee and convene members of the committee to hear the student appeal. The hearing shall be held within three college working days following receipt of the appeal from the student except in unusual circumstances or with the consent of the student. The Student Appeal Committee members hearing the appeal shall not have initiated or been involved in the action(s) leading to the disciplinary action taken against the student or any administrative appeals by the student. The purpose of the Student Appeal Committee is to hear the appeals of disciplinary actions and to uphold, modify, or reverse a disciplinary action against a BCCC student. This committee may also conduct hearings to investigate charges against a student made by any BCCC student, faculty, or administrator of infractions of rules applying to student behavior; to judge the guilt or innocence of students so charged; and to decide upon actions to be taken against students judged to be guilty of rules violations. The following process will be initiated after a written appeal is made or after a college official refers an incident to the Student Appeal Committee.
B.
The Vice President of Student Services shall distribute copies of the appeal or complaint to Student Appeal Committee members. For an appeal, the Vice President of Student Services will attempt to notify the college official who made the decision to implement the disciplinary action that a letter of appeal has been received. A copy of the incident report and documented investigative reports relevant to the case will be made available to committee members. For a complaint, the Vice President of Student Services will hand deliver or mail a copy of the complaint to the accused student. The Vice President of Student Services will notify the accused student by phone. The Vice President of Student Services will request a written response to those charges to be submitted a minimum of three (3) days prior to the scheduled hearing.
C.
The Vice President of Student Services will notify Student appeal Committee members, the student making the appeal, or the complainant and the accused of the hearing date and time. No more than three (3) college working days will elapse between the receipt of the complaint and the hearing except in unusual circumstances or with the consent of the student. The Vice President of student Services must be notified, in advance, if any party is unable to appear at the scheduled meeting for a valid reason. If this occurs, the hearing will be rescheduled.
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