WAC 132A-120-011
Student responsibilities. Any student
shall be subject to disciplinary action as provided in this
chapter who, either interferes with or assists others in
interfering with the personal rights or privileges of others or
the educational purpose of the college; violates any provision of
this policy; or who commits any of the personal, property, or
other offenses which are hereafter enumerated.
(1) Personal offenses.
(a) Assault, reckless endangerment, intimidation or
interference with another in the pursuit of educational goals.
(b) Disorderly or abusive behavior, refusal to follow
instructions, or other conduct which interferes with the rights
of others or which obstructs or disrupts the teaching, research,
or administrative functions of the college.
(c) Illegal assembly, obstruction, disruption, or material
and substantial interference with the conduct of classes,
hearings, meetings, educational and administrative functions of
the college; the private rights and privileges of others, or
vehicular pedestrian traffic.
(d) Sexual harassment, engaging in unwelcome sexual
advances, requesting sexual favors, or engaging in physical or
verbal conduct of a sexual nature which offends the recipient,
causes discomfort or humiliation, or interferes with job or
academic performance.
(e) Filing a false complaint, accusing another student or a
college employee of violating a provision of this policy.
(f) Creating a false alarm by setting off or tampering with
any emergency safety equipment, alarm, or other device provided
for the safety of individuals or college facilities.
(2) Property offenses.
(a) Theft of college property.
(b) Malicious mischief in causing either intentional or
negligent damage to or destruction of any college facility or
other public or personal property.
(c) Trespass: Either declining a legal order to vacate a
college property or violating a legal prohibition of access to
college facilities.
(d) Unauthorized use of college equipment and supplies or
conversion of college equipment for personal gain. This includes
intentionally and without authorization gaining access to a
computer system or electronic data of another student, a faculty
member, or the district, in violation of RCW 9A.52.130.
(3) Other offenses.
(a) Cheating and plagiarism, submitting to a faculty member
any work which is untruthfully represented as the student's own
work for the purpose of meeting the requirements of any
assignment or task required by the faculty member as a part of
the student's program of instruction.
(b) Forgery or the alteration of official records, whereby a
student either forges or offers a forged document as authentic to
any agent acting on behalf of Peninsula College.
(c) Refusal to provide identification in appropriate
circumstances to any college employee acting in the lawful
discharge of the employee's duties.
(d) Illegal entry into any administrative or employee office
or otherwise locked or closed college facility, at any time,
without permission of the employee or an appropriate agent of the
college.
(e) The use, possession, or sale of any controlled
substances (as defined in chapter 69.50 RCW, now or hereafter
amended) on college owned or leased property except when the use
or possession of a drug is prescribed as medication by an
authorized medical professional.
(f) The use, possession, or sale of any form of alcoholic
beverage, or being demonstrably under the influence of alcohol on
college owned or leased property.
(g) The possession on college property of weapons,
explosives, or dangerous chemicals, or the unauthorized use or
possession of any device or substance which can be used to
inflict bodily harm or cause damage to real or personal property.
(h) Smoking in any nonresidential building or in any campus
location not designated for smoking.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140 and chapter 28B.50 RCW. 01-08-071, § 132A-120-011, filed 4/3/01, effective 5/4/01; 99-15-072, § 132A-120-011, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99.]