WAC 132W-115-120   The academic regulations committee (ARC) and serious disciplinary violations.  The Wenatchee Valley College ARC will hear cases referred under this code. In cases involving serious disciplinary violations where suspension or summary suspension from college can result, a subcommittee of the ARC will convene.

     (1) An ARC subcommittee, convened by the dean of student services or designee for serious disciplinary violations, will hear and make recommendations on all disciplinary cases referred to it or appealed to it by students. The hearing body will be composed of the following persons:

     (a) The committee chair will be a member of the ARC appointed by the president of the college;

     (b) The faculty representative will be a member of the ARC appointed by the ARC membership;

     (c) The student representative will be a member of the ARC appointed by the ARC membership.

     (2) None of the above-named persons shall sit on any case in which he or she has been or will be a complainant or witness, in which he or she has a direct or personal interest, or in which he or she has acted previously in an advisory or official capacity. The entire ARC membership shall make decisions regarding eligibility according to this section, including the selection of alternate committee members.

     (3) The committee may recommend to the dean of student services that the student involved:

     (a) Be exonerated with all proceedings terminated and with no sanctions imposed;

     (b) Be disqualified from participation in any school-sponsored athletic events or activities;

     (c) Be given a disciplinary warning;

     (d) Be given a reprimand;

     (e) Be placed on disciplinary probation;

     (f) Be responsible for restitution for damages resulting from the violation;

     (g) Be given a suspension;

     (h) Be expelled.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.50 RCW. 01-12-015, § 132W-115-120, filed 5/25/01, effective 6/25/01.]