Definition of Terms as Used in the Student Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Policies and Procedures
The term “College” means Chattahoochee Technical College credit, non-credit, and adult education programs.
The term “Student” includes all persons taking courses at the College, including: full-time and part-time, credit, Adult Education, and Continuing Education students. Persons who are not officially enrolled for a particular term but who have a continuing relationship with the College are considered "students."
The term “continuing relationship” means any person who has been enrolled as a student and evidence exists of an immediate future re-enrollment at the College such as transient students, students off for the summer term but registered for the immediate fall term, and students on break between terms in which they are a registered student.
The term “Faculty Member” means any person hired by the College to conduct teaching, service, or research activities.
The term “College Official” includes any person employed by the College, performing assigned administrative responsibilities. In some certain situations, a person may be both student and staff. Determination of student status in a particular situation shall be by the related facts of a particular situation.
The term “member of the College community” includes any person who is a student, faculty member, College official or any other person employed by Chattahoochee Technical College.
The term “Student Conduct Officer” refers to the person designated by the President, or their designee, to administer the procedures in this code.
The term “policy” is defined as the written regulations of the Technical College as found in, but not limited to, the Student Code of Conduct, Student Handbook(s), College Catalog(s), the College Policy Manual, and the Policy Manual approved by the State Board for the Technical College System of Georgia.
The term "System" means the Technical College System of Georgia.
The term “Academic Misconduct” means any incident involving an act which affects the evaluation of a student’s academic performance or achievement (i.e. cheating, plagiarism, etc.).
The term “complainant” means any person or group who submits a charge alleging that a student/person has violated the Student Code of Conduct, the Academic Misconduct Policy, or the Title IX/Equity policy.
The term “respondent” means any student/person accused of allegedly violating the Student Code of Conduct, the Academic Misconduct Policy, or the Title IX/Equity policy.
The term “advisor” means a person who accompanies a respondent or complainant to a hearing for the limited purpose of providing support and guidance. NOTE: An advisor may not directly address the Conduct officer or hearing board, questions witnesses, or otherwise participate in a conduct hearing.
The term “business day” means any day, Monday through Friday, that the College is open for normal business.
The term “investigator” means any person or persons authorized by the College to conduct investigations of alleged Student Conduct, Academic Misconduct, or Title IX/Equity violations.
The term “sanction” indicates requirements set forth by a hearing panel or administrative hearing upon a finding of responsible for violating the code of conduct, Academic Misconduct policy, or the Title IX/Equity policy.
The term “warning” implies a formal notice given to a respondent stipulating that inappropriate behavior or action, if repeated, may lead to a more severe sanctioning through the conduct process.
The term “Student Organization” refers to groups recognized as official organizations through the Center for Student Involvement.