Frequently Asked Questions

Student meetings may be facilitated via video conference at the sole discretion of the Director of Student Compliance or designee. If a student meeting takes place via video conference, the Method of Communication Agreement form that accompanied the notice letter and a picture of your photo ID needs to be turned into the Office of Student Compliance via mail, email, or in person in Gannon Building room 1204 prior to the video conference meeting.

According to the Student Code of Conduct, students may have a support person or advisor present during the meeting or hearing. The student is responsible for presenting their own information, and therefore, a support person or advisor is not permitted to speak or to participate directly in the meeting or hearing.  If you would like a support person or advisor present during the meeting or hearing, you must make this known at the time of scheduling the meeting or the deadline date set by the Chairperson (for a hearing), and completion of a Release of Information (FERPA) form will be required.

If this is the first contact with our office, it means you probably missed viewing or opening a letter from us. Our office sends our initial communications to you by email and mail. You'll want to check your LCC email as well as make sure that LCC has your current mailing address. It is your responsibility to regularly check your LCC email and to make sure your mailing address is up to date. Our office will move forward with the process if you have not responded to us by the deadline listed on the letter. If you need another copy, let us know and we can resend or print out the letter for you.

If you have already viewed your letter and met with us and now have a hold on your account, that means that we have moved forward with your case and formally charged you with violations of the Student Code of Conduct. You were either told in person during your meeting that you were being formally charged, or we sent a letter to your LCC email address to let you know. You've got three options from this point. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions about those options. The hold will be removed from your LCC account if you are found not responsible by a Student Conduct Panel or after your sanctions have been turned in and accepted.

No, you must satisfy the terms of the hold in order for the hold to be end-dated.  If you are withdrawing from a course during the current semester, and need the hold temporarily lifted to process the drop, please contact our office.

Per the Student Code of Conduct, hearings are scheduled at the convenience of the sitting Panel members. Efforts will be made, however, to schedule the hearing within three (3) weeks of the date the student requested a hearing. Depending on their complexity, it may take longer to schedule a hearing. We ask that you be mindful of the amount of coordination that it takes to schedule the hearing and exercise patience; we have many hearings to schedule that need to be coordinated with trained panel members. Most hearings are scheduled on Friday.

All Student Conduct Panels are composed of one administrator, two faculty members, and two students that have been trained to serve on Hearing Panels. The hearing will be facilitated by a trained Chairperson. Staff from the Office of Student Compliance will also be present. In addition, the responding student and the complainant may each bring an advisor and any relevant witnesses or character witnesses.

Sanctions are required assignments or directives that either the Director of Student Compliance or designee or the Student Conduct Panel have determined you must complete or abide by as a result of being found responsible for a violation of the Student Code of Conduct. The sanctions are intended to be educational and restorative in nature and may also consider any record of past violations of the Student Code of Conduct as well as the nature and severity of such past violations. The College will issue sanctions consistent with the impact of the offense on the College Community.

No, however if a code of conduct violation also violates law, students are responsible for any monetary fines or restitution that may be issued through the court system.

We review sanctions in the order that we receive them and send an update to your LCC email address usually within a few days. The email will either tell you that your sanctions have been accepted and your case is closed, or it will outline any revisions necessary or outstanding sanction requirements.

If you have received the notification to your LCC email address that we have accepted your sanctions and your case is closed, then the hold has already been end-dated on your account.

The designee is the Director of Student Compliance, the Student Conduct Officer or the Student Compliance Liaison.

You will have a disciplinary record with the College. While this is not on your transcript, some government, military, or other similar employment opportunities may require a background check that includes disciplinary records prior to hiring. Colleges or Universities that you plan to transfer to may also ask for this information on the admission application. You will need to answer all application questions honestly. Our office will provide information to the institution or agency only if you have signed the appropriate release form.

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