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Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-60-1403. Definitions

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Disciplinary proceeding” means a hearing, appeal, or investigatory interview conducted by an institution's administrator relating to an alleged serious violation of the code of student conduct;

(2)(A) “Fully participate” means the opportunity for an institution, a student complainant, a student respondent, or a student organization to be provided an opportunity to be present and advised by an attorney or non-attorney advocate.

(B)(i) “Fully participate” does not require an institution to use formal rules of evidence in a disciplinary proceeding.

(ii) However, an institution shall make good faith efforts to include relevant evidence and exclude evidence that is neither relevant nor probative;

(3) “Institution” means an Arkansas public two-year or four-year institution of higher education; and

(4)(A) “Serious violation” means a violation of a nonacademic rule under a student code of conduct that an institution's official determines, at the inception of the case, could result in a sanction of suspension or expulsion.

(B) “Serious violation” does not include an act of academic dishonesty.

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