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POLICIES & PROCEDURESThe Vice President, Academic Affairs and Student Services shallconvene the Student Disciplinary Committee to hear the charges andrecommend disciplinary action. The Student Disciplinary Committeeshall be comprised of two full-time faculty members, two students,and one administrator. Persons who are direct parties to the case maynot sit on the committee nor shall the Vice President, AcademicAffairs and Student Services or the Superintendent/President.The hearing meeting of the Student Disciplinary Committee shall beheld within ten (10) days of the time the student received the writtencharges from the Vice President, Academic Affairs and StudentServices. Persons who are direct parties to the case shall have the rightto be present during the hearing proceedings. All hearing proceedingswill be tape recorded. The student may be accompanied by anotherperson at the hearing provided that person does not participate in anyway except to offer counsel to the student. The College and thestudent shall have the right to call, examine, and cross-examinewitnesses at the hearing. If the student against whom the charges havebeen filed fails to appear at the time and place designated, the hearingmay proceed without the student and the committee shall reach adecision based on all evidence presented.Upon consideration of the charges, the Student DisciplinaryCommittee has the following four options:1. Recommend expulsion;2. Impose suspension;3. Impose lesser disciplinary action; or4. Drop the charges of violation of the student conduct standards.Within two (2) days of the meeting to hear the case, a representativeof the Student Disciplinary Committee will deliver in person or mailby certified mail (accompanied by a return receipt) their findings tothe student and the Vice President, Academic Affairs and StudentServices. With the exception of a recommendation of expulsion, theVice President, Academic Affairs and Student Services will implementthe decision of the committee. Should the findings result in arecommendation of expulsion, the Vice President, Academic Affairsand Student Services will forward such to the Superintendent/President for further action (see Expulsion section under DisciplinaryActions).APPEALSWith the exception of recommendations of expulsions which aresubject to appeal to the Board of Trustees, students may appeal thefindings of the Student Disciplinary Committee to the Superintendent/President. Such appeal may be based only on the following grounds:1. Required procedures were not properly followed;2. New evidence, not reasonably available at the time of theStudent Disciplinary Committee hearing, is presented and is ofsufficient importance to warrant reconsideration;3. The findings were unsupported by evidence in the record madebefore the Student Disciplinary Committee; or4. The sanction imposed for the violation was unreasonably harshor inappropriate when viewed within the context of the natureof the violation.40 LTCC CATALOG 2010-2011The timelines for this appeal process are delineated below:1. The student has five (5) days from receipt of the findings of theStudent Disciplinary Committee to file a written appeal withthe Superintendent/President.2. Upon receipt of the written appeal, the Superintendent/ Presidenthas ten (10) days to conduct an appeal hearing and five (5) daysfrom that appeal hearing to hand deliver or mail (by certifiedmail, accompanied by a return receipt) to the student the appealruling.3. The appeal hearing shall consist of a review of the record of thehearing before the Student Disciplinary Committee plus suchadditional argument as either side wishes to provide. New oradditional evidence will only be received in the event that ashowing can be made that such evidence was not available at thetime of the Student Disciplinary Committee hearing.All time limits may be extended by mutual agreement between thestudent and the Superintendent/President.SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICYThe Lake Tahoe Community College District is committed to anenvironment in which all employees and students are treated withrespect and dignity. Each employee has the right to work in aprofessional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunityand is free from discriminatory practices. Each student has the rightto learn in an environment that promotes equal educationalopportunity and is free from discriminatory practices.Sexual harassment is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of1964, California Education Code Sections 210 through 214,inclusive, and Government Code Sections 12900-1296 (FairEmployment and Housing Act) and Title IX of the EducationAmendments of 1972.Therefore, the District strongly condemns, opposes, and prohibitssexual harassment of employees, applicants, and students whetherverbal, physical, or environmental, by anyone in or from theDistrict.Any employee who violates this policy may be subject to discipline,up to and including termination. Any student who engages in sexualharassment of anyone in or from the District may be subject todiscipline, up to and including expulsion.As used in this policy and regulation, “sexual harassment” meansunwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and otherverbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, made bysomeone from or in the work or educational setting, under any of thefollowing conditions:(a) Submission to the conduct is explicitly or implicitly made a termof a condition of an individual’s employment, academic status,or progress.(b) Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct by the individual isused as the basis of employment or academic decisions affectingthe individual.(c) The conduct has the purpose or effect of having a negativeimpact upon the individual’s work or academic performance, orof creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work oreducational environment.