Student Activities and Organizations

1.19

Each institution shall develop policies pertaining to the rights and responsibilities of students who are attending the institutions under the Board’s governance. These policies require Board approval and should include statements concerning the following matters.

Disciplinary policies, procedures, and sanctions pertaining to academic and non-academic misconduct, including acts that also may be violations of law; provided, however, that departmental handbooks addressing programmatic requirements shall not require Board approval but shall be reviewed by the Office of Legal Counsel;
Conduct, rights, and obligations of student organizations; and
Residential life.

Such policies should be published and distributed so as to create general awareness among the student body.

Other Board approved institutional policy statements might be appropriately included in such a publication. These might include policies pertaining to the extracurricular use of institutional facilities, areas, or media for the purpose of expression; sexual harassment; drug-free workplace; hazing; etc.

Approved Date:
June 20, 1997
Amended Date:
March 1, 2013
June 22, 2018
January 26, 2024