rights of the student
At Judicial Committee hearings, the accused student shall be afforded all rights required by due process, including:
A. The right to an advisor of one’s choice.
B. The right to present information on one’s behalf.
C. The right to question one’s accuser(s).
D. The right to call witnesses on one’s behalf.
E. The right to remain silent and have no inference of responsibility drawn from one’s silence.
F. The right to question all witnesses.
G. The right to appeal all sanctions.
H. The student may also have a verbatim transcript made at one’s own expense. Valdosta State University shall have this option at its own expense too.
I. The right to attend classes and required ValdostaState University functions until a hearing is held and a decision is rendered. Exceptions to this are made when a student’s and or an organization’s presence could create a “clear and present danger” of material interference with the normal operation of Valdosta State University. The Dean of Students Office may impose “temporary” disciplinary measures, including suspension, pending a disciplinary hearing. Such temporary protective measures may be applied where the student and or organization is accused of a serious violation of a Valdosta State University regulation or of a local, state, or federal law or regulation. It is understood that such temporary measures, if applied, will be without avoidable prejudice to the student and or organization.
Board of Regents Policy 406.02 also states that, “A student in any institution of the University System of Georgia who is charged with or indicted for a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, may be suspended pending the disposition of the criminal charges against him. Upon request, the student shall be accorded a hearing as provided in Section 407.01 of this manual. At such hearing, the student shall have the burden of establishing that his or her continued presence as a member of the student body will not be detrimental to the health, safety, welfare or property of other students or members of the campus community or to the orderly operation of the institution. Upon final conviction, the student shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action (BR Minutes, 1959-60, p. 306; 1983-84, p. 168).