rights of the student
During a Disciplinary Committee hearing, 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 Valdosta State
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 or until the conclusion of a student’s
case via the appropriate state or federal process. 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).
Reviewed Summer 2009