WAC 132D-120-050   Violations.  Any student found to have committed, or aided or abetted others to commit, any of the following violations is subject to the disciplinary sanctions outlined in this chapter:

     (1) Assault, reckless endangerment, physical abuse, harassment, coercion and/or other conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person.

     (2) Disorderly, lewd, indecent or other behavior which breaches the peace, interferes with the rights of others or which obstructs or disrupts teaching, research, administrative functions or other college-authorized activities.

     (3) Failure to comply with orders or directions of college officials or law enforcement officers acting in performance of their duties, and/or failure to identify oneself to these persons when requested to do so.

     (4) Participation in a campus demonstration or other activity which disrupts the normal operations of the college and infringes on the rights of other members of the college community; leading or inciting others to disrupt scheduled and/or normal activities within any campus building or area; intentional obstruction which unreasonably interferes with freedom of movement, either pedestrian or vehicular, on campus or at college-sponsored activities.

     (5) Acts of dishonesty in onground and on-line courses including, but not limited to, the following:

     (a) Cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, lying, bribery, threat, aid of academic dishonesty, and other dishonesty relating to academic work.

     (b) Furnishing false information to any college official, faculty member or office.

     (c) Forgery, alteration or misuse of any college document, record or instrument of identification.

     (d) Tampering with the election of any college-recognized student organization.

     (6) Attempted or actual theft of, and/or damage to, property of the college or property of a member of the college community or other personal or public property.

     (7) Failure to follow the reasonable instructions of faculty members, thereby infringing upon the rights and privileges of other members of the college community.

     (8) Possession or unauthorized use of college equipment and supplies including, but not limited to, converting college equipment or supplies for personal gain or use without proper authority.

     (9) Abuse of the student conduct system including, but not limited to:

     (a) Failure to obey the summons of a student conduct board or college official.

     (b) Falsification, distortion, or misrepresentation of information before a student conduct board.

     (c) Disruption of, or interference with, the orderly conduct of a student conduct proceeding.

     (d) Knowingly initiating a student conduct proceeding without cause (i.e., filing a false report).

     (e) Attempting to discourage an individual's proper participation in, or use of, the student conduct system.

     (f) Attempting to influence improperly the impartiality of a member of a student conduct board prior to, and/or during, the course of a student conduct proceeding.

     (g) Harassment (verbal or physical) and/or intimidation of a member of a student conduct board prior to, during, or after the course of a student conduct proceeding.

     (h) Failure to comply with the sanction(s) imposed under the code of conduct.

     (i) Influencing or attempting to influence another person to abuse the student conduct system.

     (10) Falsely setting off, or otherwise tampering with, any emergency safety equipment, alarm, or other device established for the safety of individuals and/or college facilities.

     (11) Unlawful discrimination based on, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, creed, color, gender (including sexual harassment), marital/parental status, sexual orientation, age, religion, and sensory, mental, or physical disability.

     (12) Refusal to provide positive identification (e.g., valid driver's license or state identification card) in appropriate circumstances to any college employee in the lawful discharge of that employee's duties.

     (13) Entering any administrative or other employee office or any locked or otherwise closed college facility in any manner, at any time, without authority or permission of the college employee or agent in charge thereof.

     (14) Smoking in college vehicles or on college premises outside of designated smoking areas.

     (15) Use, possession, distribution or being demonstrably under the influence of narcotics or other controlled substances, except as expressly permitted by law.

     (16) Use, possession, distribution or being under the influence of alcoholic beverages, except as expressly permitted by law and college regulations.

     (17) Possession of firearms, explosives, other weapons, or dangerous chemicals on college premises or at college-sponsored or supervised activities, unless approved by the president of the college or his/her designee.

     (18) Theft or other abuse of computer time including, but not limited to:

     (a) Unauthorized entry into a file to use, read, or change contents, or for any other purpose.

     (b) Unauthorized transfer of a file.

     (c) Unauthorized use of another individual's identification and/or passwords.

     (d) Use of computing facilities to interfere with the work of another student or college official.

     (e) Use of computing facilities to send obscene or abusive messages.

     (f) Use of computing facilities that interferes with normal operation of the college computing system including, but not limited to, unsolicited e-mail.

     (19) Violation of other published college policies, rules or regulations.

     (20) Violation of federal, state or local law on college premises or at college-sponsored or supervised activities.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140. 09-19-135, § 132D-120-050, filed 9/22/09, effective 11/1/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140, WSR 88-24-014. 02-24-062, § 132D-120-050, filed 12/3/02, effective 1/3/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140. 88-24-014 (Order 88-01), § 132D-120-050, filed 12/1/88, effective 1/1/89.]