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The Central Texas College Student Code of Conduct sets forth the student’s rights and responsibilities at Central Texas College.
The Definition of a Student:
- Any person who is admitted to or enrolled at Central Texas College at any CTCD location worldwide, to include on-line courses and CTCD courses taught at locations other than a CTCD location, whether or not they have attended classes.
- Any person attending classes at CTCD as defined above, to include semester courses, short length courses, continuing education courses and seminars and trainings sponsored by CTC.
- Any person who is not officially enrolled for a particular term, but has a continuing student relationship with the college, e.g. a former student who plans to reenroll after no more than two years since last enrollment in any CTCD class defined within the scope of this definition.
- Any person who has been admitted to or enrolled at CTCD, as defined herein, within the preceding twelve (12) months.
Rights:
Students of, and visitors to, Central Texas College possess certain federally and state protected individual rights. These rights are neither increased nor diminished by reason of a person’s association with Central Texas College, and nothing in this Student Handbook or Code of Conduct shall abridge a student or visitor’s constitutional rights, including those related to freedom of speech, expression and the right to peaceably assemble. Central Texas College respects and protects these rights, just as it respects and protects the federally and state legislated freedoms from harassment and discrimination. Furthermore, Central Texas College embraces the following rights and freedoms as being integral to the educational process:
- Freedom of expression in the classroom consistent with commonly accepted standards of decency and respect for others.
- Freedom of speech, expression and the right to peaceably assemble in accordance with state and federal laws.
- Freedom from arbitrary and/or inconsistent academic evaluation.
- The right to have one’s personal records kept in confidence in compliance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Access to records by persons other than the student will be limited to those allowed as specified in the statute. Records will be maintained of persons granted such access.
- Procedural due process in disciplinary proceedings.
- Conducive learning environment.
Please note that the most updated policies and procedures are located in the digital copy of the Student Handbook located at https://www.ctcd.edu/sites/ctcd/assets/File/Student%20Life/student-handbook.pdf.
Responsibilities:
Central Texas College students, visitors and guests shall be held accountable for the following responsibilities:
- Knowledge of, and compliance with, all published policies, rules, and regulations of the College. Copies of such documents will be available to the student in the Student Life Office and the Central Texas College website.
- Compliance with federal, state and local laws.
- Compliance with and support of duly constituted civil authority.
- Respect for the rights of others and cooperation to ensure that such rights are maintained, whether or not one agrees with the views of those exercising such rights.
- To exercise disagreements in a responsible manner and within the framework compatible with the orderly resolution of differences.
- To self-advocate when in need and to independently complete all expected tasks of a college student, to include: living, classwork and other collegiate requirements.
Notice of Time Limits:
All notification under this section will be in person or by US mail to the student’s current address on file with Central Texas College and/or EagleMail. It is the student’s responsibility to keep his/her address updated. Once mailed, it is the student’s responsibility to obtain and respond appropriately and within all specified time limits as set forth herein.
A notice relating to academic misconduct will give the student three (3) business days to appeal at each level in writing and the respondent has ten (10) business days to reply with a decision.
A notice relating to disciplinary misconduct that is hand-delivered or sent by Eagle Mail to the student requires receipt by Central Texas College of the student’s response within three (3) calendar days of the date that the notice was given to him/her. A notice sent to the student by US mail requires receipt by Central Texas College of the student’s response within eight (8) calendar days from the date of mailing the notice.
Failure to act within specified time limits is a waiver of student’s rights under this section.