Student Code of Conduct
When a student enrolls at Pensacola State College, he or she is responsible for compliance with regulations in the College Catalog/Student Handbook, and any bulletin, letters, or memoranda issued by the President or his or her delegated representative(s). No member of the academic community may, without liability to lawful discipline, intentionally act to impair or prevent the accomplishment of any lawful mission, process, or function of the institution.
Recognizing that the College has the responsibility of providing an atmosphere within which its students can pursue their respective academic goals and realize the opportunities afforded them by the College, a Code of Conduct was established to govern students enrolled at Pensacola State College.
Expulsion, suspension, or any lesser penalty may be imposed upon any student enrolled at Pensacola State College who participates in any of the following offenses:
- Furnishing false information (written or oral) to the College with intent to deceive;
- Forgery, alteration, or misuse of college documents, records, or identification cards;
- Assault and battery;
- Malicious destruction, damage, or misuse of public property, including library materials or private property on campus;
- Attempted or actual theft, larceny, embezzlement, or the temporary taking of the property of another;
- Issuing bad checks;
- Gambling;
- Vandalism;
- Disorderly conduct or unlawful assembly;
- Participation in hazing (see anti-hazing policy);
- Obscene conduct or public profanity;
- Illegal manufacture, sale, possession, or use of narcotics, marijuana, hypnotics, sedatives, tranquilizers, stimulants, hallucinogens, and other similar known harmful or habit-forming drugs and/or chemicals;
- Possession or use of alcoholic beverages on campus, on field trips, or at other instructional sessions off campus;
- Drunkenness or intoxication;
- Possession on person or in vehicle, display or discharge of a firearm, pellet gun, air rifle, or other such weapon. Law enforcement officers attending class on campus may carry a weapon if required to do so by the policies of the law enforcement agency by which such officers are employed;
- Possession on person or in vehicle, display or use of any dangerous instrument, including, but not limited to, knives, fireworks, explosive chemicals, box cutters and razor blades (with the exception of a common pocket knife, plastic knife, or blunt-bladed table knife);
- Exhibitionism in the form of nudity or indecent exposure of the person;
- Interference with the freedom of movement of any member or guest of the College;
- Deliberately impeding or interfering with the rights of others to enter, use or leave any college facility, service, or scheduled activity, or to carry out their normal functions or duties;
- Deliberate interference with academic freedom and freedom of speech of any member or guest of the College;
- Deliberate disruption of any class (in any format), meeting, or College function;
- Occupation of any College facility, when unauthorized, through participation in “sit-in,” “lie-in,” or similar activities;
- Failure to comply with directions of College officials or campus police in performance of their duties and/or failure to identify oneself to one of these persons when requested to do so;
- The active threat of violence against any member or guest of the College;
- Participation in any activity which disrupts or interferes with the orderly process of operation of the College;
- Failure to respond to an administrative summons;
- Extortion;
- Sexual harassment, sexual assault;
- Use of College computers and/or technology resources to send, receive or view obscene or sexually explicit messages or pictures;
- Violations of federal and state law, respective county and city ordinances and all College and District Board of Trustees' rules and regulations;
- Unless in-class use is approved by the instructor, electronic devices, such as cell phones, cell phone cameras, iPods, pagers, etc., are to be turned to the “off position” while attending a class or lyceum program.