Meeting & Agendas

Approved

Committee watched the new Student Rights and Responsibilities video that is on the ACC website. Video can be found at https://www.austincc.edu/students/students-rights-and-responsibilities. Committee was informed that this video will be shown at upcoming SRR trainings. Committee would like for this video to be shown to students by instructors when reviewing their syllabus.

• House Bill 449 - Relating to a requirement that a public or private institution of higher education include a notation on a student's transcript under certain circumstances. https://legiscan.com/TX/text/HB449/2019 • Senate Bill 21 -Raises the legal age to purchase, possess, or consume tobacco products (including e-cigarettes) to 21. Members of the military and individuals born on or after August 31, 2001 are exempt from the new law. https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB21/2019 • House Bill 1325 - Legalizes industrial hemp and hemp products, such as CBD oil, as long as those products contain less than 0.3% THC. https://legiscan.com/TX/text/HB1325/2019 • Senate Bill 38 - Relating to the offense of hazing. https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB38/2019 • Senate Bill 212 - Relating to a reporting requirement for certain incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking at certain public and private institutions of higher education; creating a criminal offense; authorizing administrative penalties. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB212/2019 • House Bill 1735 - Relating to sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking at public and private postsecondary educational institutions; providing an administrative penalty. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB1735/2019 • Senate Bill 18 - Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB18/2019 SB212- Compliance should be coming out with training regarding SB212, might be pushing for this to be a required training. Committee will be provided with links to the new state laws that were on the agenda.

• SRR training flyer has been distributed via, TLED, campus manager’s office, and faculty mailboxes. Trainings have also been added to the professional development website, training’s are open for those who wish to attend. Patty might be adding additional training sessions, those will be added to the professional development website. • Student Conduct Conference is set for June 2020, what started as a local university one day drive in has turned into a statewide conference. This will be the second annual Student Conduct Conference, part of the proceeds will go to a student conduct organization. Call for proposals is still open, the cost of the conference is $35 this includes breakfast and lunch. There are 30-40 individuals registered for the conference so far. • SRR training flyer will be provided to committee. • Committee can find the Student Conduct Conference 2020 at https://sites.austincc.edu/student-conduct-conference/. The committee is encouraged to share this information with colleagues.

Committee discussed how each student should be able to change their name on Blackboard. Dorado informed the committee that this topic has been a discussion with higher ups. Dorado will update committee as he receives more information.

Definition of a Student: Definition of a student has been discussed at ASAC meeting, it has gone out for first read but there has not been any recent updates. Waiting to see if definition of a student will be on March ASAC meeting agenda. Committee will wait to see if there is a definition of a student by the end of the spring semester. Conduct in specialized spaces: Smaller meetings with different departments have been planned. Dorado recently met with the Student Life department and is looking to schedule a meeting with the Library department. These meetings give departments an opportunity to share concerns regarding conduct. A shared document will be made to gather all questions/information from those meetings. Once the document has sufficient information it will be shared with the SRR committee. Minors on Campus/ ECHS: Committee discussed the issue with unaccompanied minors on campus, gave examples of when parents (students) are taking a test and leaving their children unaccompanied. The committee also discussed how only the EGN campus is having onboarding orientations for incoming ECHS students. The committee can find the section of “Children on Campus” at https://catalog.austincc.edu/about-the-college/campus-safety-security/children-on-campus/ located in the 2019-2020 catalog. The committee suggested that onboarding orientations for incoming ECHS students be provided at all ACC locations. Orientations should outline expectations. Involuntary leave policy:The involuntary leave policy is in the process, we are unsure where exactly it is at this point. This policy will help those students who are needing to separate from the college for non-conduct related issues. The committee hopes that the policy will come down to them at some point. Dorado will keep the committee updated on this topic. Complaints guidelines and procedures: The committee reviewed the draft of complaints guidelines and procedures. They discussed Section C which stated freedom from retaliation. Questions regarding what actions are considered retaliation was brought up, the committee thought that those should be outlined. Committee members will receive a document where they are able to comment/suggest on edits. Once this information is gathered Dorado will share at the next ASAC meeting.