No student will be suspended, expelled, harassed, or discriminated against because he/she has filed a complaint, or has objected to, or has testified about a possible violation of this policy and the laws concerning this type of harassment. No form of retaliation will be taken against any student who reports an incident of alleged harassment.
Student Discipline
The President and his/her designees have developed regulations and procedures to disseminate the policy, to train supervisors, to provide channels for complaints, to investigate all complaints promptly and carefully, to develop and enforce appropriate sanctions for offenders, and to develop methods to raise awareness and sensitivity among all concerned.
The Director of Student Services is assigned administrative responsibility for student discipline. The Director is responsible for overseeing the assembly of facts on cases referred to the Director’s office, making provisions for suitable procedures, notifying students and others concerned, keeping confidential files and reports on cases, and following up each discipline case until it is closed.
In order for OCCC to function as an institution of higher learning, it must be protected from disruption. For that reason, students may be suspended or expelled where their acts or actions threaten or cause a substantial disruption or material interference with normal College activities.
53