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Administrative Policies
2016-2017 Catalog
Student Conduct Standards
Students are expected to conduct themselves as responsible
citizens whenever they are on the campus or representing
Clovis Community College in any activity. The Board of
Trustees has adopted specific rules and regulations governing
student behavior along with applicable penalties for violations.
The student conduct standards and discipline policy (Board
Policy No. 5500) is cited below, and students consequently
are held responsible for familiarizing themselves with these
rules and regulations (Education Code 66300). All campus
activities must have the prior approval of the administration
of the college.
State Center Community College District
(SCCCD) Policy Statement
Once a student enrolls in courses on a campus of the State
Center Community College District, that individual accepts
both the rights and responsibilities associated with that
enrollment. The State Center Community College District
exists to educate individuals in our community. All other
considerations are secondary. The district will not infringe on
anyone’s constitutional rights and the right to dissent and to
protest will be supported. However, the right to dissent and to
protest must not be construed as a right to disrupt operation
of the institution. No individual or group can be permitted to
infringe on the rights of others to secure an education.
These conduct standards, and Administrative Regulation 5520
which defines discipline procedures, apply to all students who
are enrolled in courses offered by either college of the State
Center Community College District. Any student will be
subject to discipline who, in any way:
1. prevents other students from pursuing their authorized
curricular or co-curricular interests;
2. interferes with or disrupts faculty and administrators
who are fulfilling their professional responsibilities;
3. prevents classified employees from fulfilling their
prescribed duties;
4. disrupts presentations by authorized guests; or
5. deliberately endangers the safety of persons, or the
security of college property.
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Student Assembly
In accordance with state law, the district recognizes the right
of peaceful assembly and will make facilities available for
recognized staff and student groups when such assembly does
not obstruct free movement of persons about the campus, the
normal use of classroom buildings and facilities, and normal
operations of the college or the instructional program, and
when it does not jeopardize the safety of persons, lead to the
destruction of property, or violate the laws of the district,
state, or nation. Persons who are not members of the student
body or the college and who violate this policy shall be subject
to the control of public authorities.
Exercise of Free Expression
In stating its policy on the distribution of materials, the
governing board of this district has assumed that each
student is responsible for his/her actions individually, even
when acting as a member of an organization, and that no
student, by following district or college policies, regulations
or procedures, escapes individual responsibility for observing
laws relating to such matters as libel, copyright violation,
and obscenity.
Bulletins, circulars, publications, or articles of any character
prepared by a student currently enrolled in an institution of
this district, or by a campus organization officially recognized
by a college of this district may be distributed on a college
campus of this district only when such distribution is in
accordance with established regulations.
With the exception of publications and materials sold or
circulated by offices or agencies of this district and of district
colleges, all publications and materials to be circulated on
campuses of the district shall be subject to the foregoing
policy provisions.
This policy is not intended to limit the use of sectarian,
partisan, or denominational materials for legitimate library
and classroom use.