WAC 132A-129-015

(1) Disciplinary actions for acts of academic honesty may take two forms:

(a) Academic disciplinary action penalties.

(b) Code of conduct disciplinary actions.

(2) Academic disciplinary actions.

(a) Academic penalties are enacted by the course instructor in accordance with the course syllabus and are limited to the following consequences:

(i) Requiring a student to re-do an assignment;

(ii) Diminishing a grade;

(iii) Giving a failing grade for an assignment;

(iv) Giving an extra or substitute assignment;

(v) Giving a failing grade for the class.

(b) A faculty member accusing a student of academic dishonesty shall do the following:

(i) Assemble evidence, including the offending work, statements by any witnesses, and other evidence (like the original source in cases of plagiarism) that support the charge.

(ii) Notify the student about the concerns privately and provide a time and date for a face-to-face meeting to discuss the situation.

(iii) At the meeting, share the evidence with the student and allow them to respond. If the student adequately responds to the evidence and the instructor determines no academic discipline is needed, no further action is required. If the meeting does not clear the student, the instructor notifies the student that the case will also be reported to the student conduct officer.

(iv) Provide the student a written summary of the meeting and the evidence presented, giving them 21 days to appeal through the appeal process articulated below.

(v) Fill out a CARE report for a case of academic dishonesty, which goes to the student conduct officer.

(3) Code of conduct disciplinary actions.

Students may also face conduct disciplinary action due to academic honesty violations. Code of conduct disciplinary actions are disciplinary sanctions as defined in the student rights and responsibilities, which may include suspension or any other appropriate sanction.

All code of conduct discipline shall be issued by the student conduct officer. If the student elects not to appeal the instructor's finding that academic dishonesty has occurred, the student conduct officer, upon receiving the conduct report and reviewing evidence provided by the instructor, decides whether further disciplinary action, as outlined by the student rights and responsibilities, will be enacted. The process for that disciplinary action and any appeal of that action follow the student rights and responsibilities unless otherwise amended below.