Provisions for Persons Impacted by Acts of Violence

1. An Impacted Person may have one person of his or her choice accompany them throughout the Student Conduct Review process. This person will act as a support person or advisor but will not represent the Impacted Person. Moreover, the person will not be allowed to address the Hearing Officer or Hearing Body on behalf of the Impacted Person. 2. An Impacted Person will receive Notice of the date and time of an administrative hearing no less than five (5) class days prior to the date of the hearing. If the impacted person requests a hearing before a Conduct Board, an Impacted Person will have the option to agree or to request an administrative hearing. Both parties must agree in order for a case to be heard by a Student Conduct Committee who have been specially trained to review cases involving Impacted Persons. 3. An Impacted Person may submit a list of questions related to the alleged incident, prior to the hearing. However, the Hearing Officer or Hearing Body shall not be required to ask these questions of the Respondent Student or Organization (Respondent). 4. An Impacted Person may not have his or her past conduct, including sexual history, considered when the Hearing Officer or Body is making a determination of responsible or not responsible. 5. An Impacted Person may make a "student impact statement" and offer to the Hearing Officer or Hearing Body a suggestion of what the Impacted Person believes to be an appropriate sanction for the Respondent. This information may be used only in the sanctioning phase of deliberations if the Charged Student or Organization is found responsible for violating the Student Code of Conduct. 6. The Respondent will not be permitted to directly question the Impacted Person. In such cases, the Respondent and the Impacted Person shall submit questions to the Hearing Body. However, the Hearing Body shall not be required to ask questions which have been submitted. 7. Where the student conduct review process involves an Impacted Person, as defined in Article A of the Student Code of Conduct, Federal law provides that both the Impacted Person and the Respondent must be informed of the final outcome of the student conduct review process without a commitment to protect the confidentiality of the information. The "final outcome" means only the final determination with respect to the alleged sexual misconduct or abuse and any sanction(s) that is imposed against the Respondent. If the Impacted Person is deceased, the next of kin shall be considered as the alleged Impacted Person for purposes of this paragraph. 8. Where the Student Conduct Review process involves an Impacted Person, the Impacted Person may appeal the outcome of a conduct hearing in writing within three (3) class days from the date of the decision letter by filing a written appeal. If there is an appeal filed by either the Impacted Person or Respondent, the other involved party will be notified of the filing of the appeal, will have the right to submit a statement or information, will have the right to participate in an Appeal Hearing, if one is held, and will be notified of the final outcome.