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SB 1193 Academic transcripts; suspension, permanent dismissal, or withdrawal from institution.

Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

Academic transcripts; suspension, permanent dismissal, or withdrawal from institution. Requires the registrar of certain public and private institutions of higher education, or the other employee, office, or department of the institution that is responsible for maintaining student academic records, to include a prominent notation on the transcript of each student who has been suspended for, has been permanently dismissed for, or withdraws from the institution while under investigation for an offense involving sexual violence under the institution's code, rules, or set of standards governing student conduct. The bill defines sexual violence as physical sexual acts committed against a person's will or against a person incapable of giving consent. The bill provides that any notation due to a student's suspension shall be removed if the student completed the term of the suspension and any conditions thereof and has been determined by the institution to be in good standing.

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Academic transcripts; suspension, permanent dismissal, or withdrawal from institution. Requires the registrar of certain public and private institutions of higher education, or the other employee, office, or department of the institution that is responsible for maintaining student academic records, to include a prominent notation on the transcript of each student who has been suspended for, has been permanently dismissed for, or withdraws from the institution while under investigation for a violation of the institution's code, rules, or set of standards governing student conduct. The bill provides that any notation due to a student's suspension shall be removed if the student completed the term of the suspension and any conditions thereof and has been determined by the institution to be in good standing.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Academic transcripts; suspension, permanent dismissal, or withdrawal from institution. Requires the registrar of each public institution of higher education and certain private institutions of higher education, or the other employee, office, or department of the institution that is responsible for maintaining student academic records, to include a prominent notation on the transcript of each student who has been suspended, has been permanently dismissed, or withdraws from the institution for any sex offense that the institution is required to report under the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The bill also requires each institution to notify a student of such notification, and to develop a procedure for removing such notation for any student who is subsequently not found to have violated the institution's code, rules, or set of standards governing student sexual misconduct.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Academic transcripts; suspension or permanent dismissal from institution. Requires the registrar of each public institution of higher education and certain private institutions of education, or the other employee, office, or department of the institution that is responsible for maintaining student academic records, to include a prominent notation on the transcript of each student who has been suspended or permanently dismissed from the institution for a violation of the institution's code, rules, or set of standards governing the conduct of students.