Informal Resolution
(1) If the Student Conduct Administrator concludes that efforts at informal resolution are appropriate to resolve a complaint, he or she shall take whatever steps are useful to that end, including mediation, arbitration or restorative justice intervention.
(2) If an informal resolution is reached and the Respondent complies with the agreed terms and conditions, if any, of the resolution, no further action against the Respondent will be taken and the matter will be closed. If a resolution is not reached or the Respondent fails to comply with the agreed terms and conditions of the resolution, the Student Conduct Code Administrator may proceed to take action necessary to resolve the complaint.
Contract of Accountability
(1) The Student Conduct Administrator may work with any Respondent who acknowledges responsibility for engaging in prohibited conduct to identify the required resolution and sanction. If an agreement is reached, the required resolution and sanction(s) shall be contained in a written Contract of Accountability signed by both the Respondent and the Student Conduct Administrator.
(2) A Respondent who enters into a Contract of Accountability shall comply with the required resolution and sanction(s) set forth in the Contract and shall have no further right of appeal under the Code. A Respondent’s failure to comply with the required resolution and sanction in the Contract of Accountability shall be the basis for a separate violation of misconduct under the Code and may result in a Conduct Hold.
Notice of Determination of Responsibility and Required Resolution and Sanctions
(1) If a complaint is not resolved through informal resolution or by entering into a Contract of Accountability, the Student Conduct Administrator shall issue a notice of determination of responsibility based on a standard of more likely than not and if appropriate, required resolution and sanction(s).
(2) The determination of responsibility shall identify the specific prohibited conduct to have been violated by the Respondent. The required resolution and sanction(s) shall provide for those tasks or consequences, and associated deadlines, the Respondent must execute to address violations of the Code.
(3) The Student Conduct Administrator’s determination of responsibility and required resolution and sanction(s) shall be final unless the Respondent files a timely appeal to the Student Conduct Appeals Board.