Southwestern Student Handbook

13. Sanctions
    Sanctions imposed on students for College-related criminal actions, including sexual offenses, may include but are not limited to:
    1. Disciplinary probation*
    2. Temporary exclusion**
    3. Expulsion ***
    All College-related criminal actions, including sex offenses, are reported to Coos Bay Police and are jointly investigated with the College Public Safety staff.

* A verbal or written warning by the College president or other administrator.
** Removal from classes or privileges, for a specified period of time.
*** Termination of student status.

14. Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
    Family Education Rights and Privacy Act regulations require schools annually to notify currently enrolled students and parents of currently enrolled students of their rights under the Family Education and Privacy Act, which include the right to:
    • review and inspect student’s educational records;
    • seek amendment of student’s educational record that parent or student believes to be inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of student’s privacy rights;
    • consent, under certain conditions, to disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in student’s educational records; and
    • file a compliant with U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the school to comply with statutory and regulatory student and family privacy rights.

    To exercise your right to inspect your educational records or seek to amend those records, contact the Registrar’s office, 888-7339.

15. Student Right To Know
Information that must be disseminated to all enrolled students

• Campus Security Report
  Crime statistics must be categorized according to whether the criminal offense occurred:
  • on "campus;"
  • in or on a "noncampus building or property;"
  • on "public property;" and
  • in dormatories or other residential facilities for students on campus.

  Statistics regarding crimes that occur on school’s noncontiguous property:

  • are excluded if student use of the property is only occasional; and
  • are included if students frequently use the property or the property is primarily used for institutional purposes. 

  School’s annual campus security report must contain statistics on the following:

1. Criminal offenses (*i.e., murder, forcible and nonforcible sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, motor vehicle theft, manslaughter, and arson) reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies.
2. Arrests or persons referred for campus disciplinary action for liquor law violations, drug related violations, and weapons possession; and
3. Criminal offenses included in item 1 above as well as other crimes involving bodily injury to any person in which the victim is intentionally selected because of the actual or perceived race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or disability of the victim.

Statistics for item c above also must be reported according to category of prejudice.

Statistics for item b above refer to violations of law, not to violations of campus codes of conduct.

All statistics in school’s annual campus security report must be for the most recent calendar year and the two preceding calendar years for which data are available.

• Financial Programs
• Costs of attendance
• Accreditation and licensing
• Academic programs
• Completion and graduation rates
• Student Rights under Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

AGE DISCRIMINATION
Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in any Southwestern program or activity. If any person feels that he or she has been discriminated against on the basis of age, contact the Dean of Administrative Services, Tioga Hall, Room 512. Any complaint that is not resolved satisfactorily may be pursued further through the normal Southwestern grievance procedure, available from the Office of Administration, Tioga Hall, Room 512.

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