Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) If any student,
faculty member, staff member or employee of Ohio university is arrested and
charged with an offense covered by division (D) of section
3345.23 of the Revised Code, the
arresting authority, with the cooperation of the university officials, will
notify the president of the university.
(Division (B) of section
3345.22
of the Revised Code).
(B) The president shall then notify the
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents of the arrest
and
notify the appropriate civil service official if the employee arrested is a
member of the classified civil service.
section
3345.22
Division (e) of the Revised
Code).
(C) Each student, faculty
member, staff member or employee arrested shall be afforded a hearing before a
referee appointed by the board of regents in Athens county within five days of
their arrest, subject to reasonable continuances for good cause of up to ten
additional days, to determine whether the person arrested and charged shall be
immediately suspended from Ohio university or be placed upon strict
disciplinary probation. ( Division
(A) of section 3345.22 () of the Revised Code) The university will
initiate the following procedures to aid this determination:
(1) Upon request of the board of regents or
the referee, the university shall assist the referee in providing notice to the
person arrested of his hearing before the referee. (
Division (B) section 3345.22
of the Revised Code)
(2) Upon request by the board of regents or
the referee, the university shall assist in locating adequate off-campus
facilities for the hearing.
(3) The
university advocate shall have the responsibility of insuring the adversary
nature of the hearing by performing a prosecutorial function, including
requesting subpoenas be issued, presenting witnesses, introducing and
presenting evidence, and recommending whether the person charged should be
immediately suspended from the university or be placed upon strict disciplinary
probation .( Division (D) of
3345.22
of the Revised Code)
(D) The university shall have the following
responsibilities after the hearing before the referee has been completed:
(1) The office of university judiciaries
shall provide written notice by certified mail to any student, faculty member,
staff member or employee of Ohio university of his immediate suspension or
strict disciplinary, probation status after his hearing before the referee;
( Division (E) of section
3345.22
of the Revised code.) and, if suspended,
the order not to enter upon university property without express permission from
the board of trustees or the president.
( Section
3345.25
of the Revised Code)
(2) Upon official notice by the referee,
disciplinary records shall be kept as to any student, faculty member, staff
member or employee immediately suspended from Ohio university or placed upon
strict disciplinary probation. When it is determined by a probation officer,
the university security force, or the university administration, that evidence
exists which, on hearing, would in all probability justify a finding that the
individual on probation had violated the terms thereof, and the university
advocate has been advised thereof and upon review concurs, then the university
advocate will notify the president, who shall then notify the chancellor of the
board of regents and request that a hearing be conducted to determine the
question of probation violation.
Division (E) of section
3345.22
of the Revised Code)
(E) Upon completion of the trial the
university shall have the following responsibilities:
(1) Upon official notification to the
university by the trial court, the office of university judiciaries shall keep
disciplinary records as to any student, faculty member, staff member or
employee dismissed for one year as a result of his conviction of one of the
offenses covered in division (D) of section
3345.23 of the Revised
Code. ( Division (B) of section
3345.23
of the Revised Code. The office of
university judiciaries will also inform all other state assisted colleges and
universities of persons dismissed from Ohio university. If any student, faculty
member, staff member or employee applies to Ohio university for admission,
re-admission, employment or re-employment after the one-year period of
dismissal, the office of university judiciaries, after consultation with the
admissions office or the appropriate university officials, shall inform the
president of the application, and the president shall inform the board of
trustees for their decision as to the acceptance of the application. (
Division (A) of section
3345.23
of the Revised Code.)
(2) If a student, faculty member, staff
member or employee of Ohio university is convicted of one of the offenses
covered by division (D) of section
3345.23 of the Revised Code, the
president shall notify him of his dismissal in writing by certified mail sent
to his address as recorded on the university and court records. (
Division (B) of section
3345.23
of the Revised Code)
(F) If a final judicial
determination results in acquital, or if the immediate suspension or conviction
is reversed upon appeal, the student, faculty member, staff member or employee
shall be reinstated to Ohio university. The office of university judiciaries
shall then expunge the person's disciplinary records relating to. immediate
suspension, strict disciplinary probation or dismissal. (
Division (F) of section
3345.22 of
and division (E) of section
3345.23
of the Revised Code)
