Section 6-60-1403 - DefinitionsAs used in this subchapter:
(1) "Disciplinary proceeding" means a hearing, appeal, or investigatory interview conducted by an institution's administrator relating to an alleged serious violation of the code of student conduct;(2)(A) "Fully participate" means the opportunity for an institution, a student complainant, a student respondent, or a student organization to be provided an opportunity to be present and advised by an attorney or non-attorney advocate.(B)(i) "Fully participate" does not require an institution to use formal rules of evidence in a disciplinary proceeding.(ii) However, an institution shall make good faith efforts to include relevant evidence and exclude evidence that is neither relevant nor probative;(3) "Institution" means an Arkansas public two-year or four-year institution of higher education; and(4)(A) "Serious violation" means a violation of a nonacademic rule under a student code of conduct that an institution's official determines, at the inception of the case, could result in a sanction of suspension or expulsion.(B) "Serious violation" does not include an act of academic dishonesty.Added by Act 2023, No. 470,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.