GENERAL POLICIES ADN and LVN Programs

Due Process - Student Grievance Policy

According to Board policy, a student grievance is defined as a claim by a student that his or her legal rights have been adversely affected by a College decision or action. Students may initiate grievance action against another student, an instructor, an administrator, or a member of the College's classified staff if they feel any of the following actions have occurred:

• Accusation of mistake, fraud, bad faith, or incompetence in the evaluation of a student's academic performance.*
• Act or threat of intimidation, harassment, or sexual harassment.
• Act or threat of physical aggression.
• Violation of students' rights, which are described in the Education Code (California Education Code, Section 76.000 et. seq.) and published in the College catalog and other official documents.
• Discrimination based on ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex, color, physical or mental handicap in any college program, activity, or service. (College Board Policy 809.)

      *Note:  SECTION 76224(a) of the California Education Code states: "When grades are given for any course of instruction taught in a community college district, the grade given to each student shall be the grade determined by the instructor of the course and the determination of the student's grade by the instructor, in the absence of mistake, fraud, bad faith, or incompetence, shall be final."