Violations of Housing Policy that do not fall under the Student Code of Conduct will be addressed by Housing staff within a specific Hearings and Appeals process known as the Community Standards and Policies (CSAP). A list of violations and their corresponding sanctions and/or fines can be found in the Student Housing Handbook online at http://www.coastalalabama.edu/housing/. The following is an outline of the Housing Community Standards and Policies (CSAP):
- Incident Report reviewed by Housing Staff Member
- A professional staff member reviews the report and requests any additional information needed The staff member also adds to the report any possible policy violations that may apply to the incident
- Letter of warning sent; no further action needed from student
- Student Life conduct hearing scheduled
- A student may have a conduct hearing scheduled with the Student Code of Conduct Officer if:
- The student is an CACC student, but not a resident in College housing
- The incident was severe and may result in suspension or expulsion from CACC
- For more information about the Student Life conduct process please visit the Student Catalog and Student Code of Conduct.
- A student may have a conduct hearing scheduled with the Student Code of Conduct Officer if:
- A professional staff member reviews the report and requests any additional information needed The staff member also adds to the report any possible policy violations that may apply to the incident
- Housing and Residence Life CSAP hearing scheduled
- The student will receive an email with information about the date/time of the CSAP hearing, as well as a list of the possible policy violations.
- After the Hearing is held there will be two possible outcomes.
- Student is not found responsible for a policy violation
- The student will receive an email letter containing this information and will not need to take any further action
- Student is found responsible for a policy violation and assigned sanction(s)
- A student found responsible for a policy violation will be assigned sanctions. A sanction may relate to the student’s status as a resident in College housing.
- A sanction may require follow-up action on the part of the student
- For more information about possible sanctions, refer to the Sanctions section of the Housing Handbook
- Student is not found responsible for a policy violation
- Sanctions
- Student completes assigned sanction(s) by the deadline
- A student who is assigned sanctions will also be assigned a deadline to complete any sanctions that require action
- If all sanctions are completed by the assigned deadline, the CSAP hearing process is finished and no further action is needed
- Student does not complete sanction(s) by the deadline
- A student who does not complete a sanction may need to attend another CSAP hearing or may be assigned additional sanctions (such as an extension of probation)
- Student appeals sanction of suspension/eviction/contract termination
- A resident has the right to appeal a housing CSAP decision.
- This is the only opportunity for appeal.
- All appeals of Housing Staff decisions are made online.
- The resident has 2 business days from the notice of sanction to appeal via a provided online link.
- In the event that any technical problems preventing online appeal submission, the resident is responsible for submitting a written appeal to Housing and Residence Life within in the 2 business day window for an appeal.
- The resident can bring a hard copy of their appeal statement to the Housing Department in Memorial Hall or email the appeal statement to housing@coastalalabama.edu in the event of technical difficulty.
- The online appeal must specify in detail the grounds on which the appeal is based.
- A resident has the right to appeal a housing CSAP decision.
- After submitting an appeal, the resident will be contacted to arrange an appeals meeting with the CSAP Appeals Board.
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- The resident may present documents and to bring witnesses to present statements to the person hearing the appeal.
- The proceedings are designed to be informal in nature, and no formal rules of evidence or procedure shall apply.
- There are three possible outcomes from the appeals process:
- The Housing CSAP Appeals Board may decide to uphold the original decision and sanction, which means the student is still evicted from housing
- The Housing CSAP Appeals Board may decide to uphold the original decision and add additional sanctions
- The Housing CSAP Appeals Board may decide to overturn the original decision and sanction(s), which means the student is not suspended/evicted from housing and may continue to live on campus
- Appeal Decisions will be provided in writing
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- Student completes assigned sanction(s) by the deadline