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Faculty/Administrator Authority Regarding Classroom Disruption

  1. Faculty members and instructional administrators are authorized to take appropriate action to maintain order and proper conduct in the classroom and the cooperation of students in fulfilling course objectives.
  2. If a faculty member or instructional administrator determines that a student has created a disruption which makes it unreasonably difficult to maintain the learning and teaching environment or the decorum of a class or activity, he/she may suspend that student from the class or activity for up to a total of one day per day of disruption. The faculty member or administrator shall report this suspension to the student conduct officer, who shall have the option, depending on the severity, to treat the suspension as insufficient and also initiate further discipline under this chapter.
  3. The suspension of up to one day per day of disruption shall not be subject to any further appeal or review. However, any further discipline imposed by the student conduct officer shall be processed in accordance with this chapter.
  4. Any suspension initiated by a faculty member or instructional administrator under this section will not affect any student grading that is based directly on attendance.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140. WSR 14-11-070, § 495C-121-070, filed 5/19/14, effective 6/19/14.]