Student Conduct FAQs

Any person who works for the Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities and anyone who works within the College who has a legitimate educational interest to know (advisors, instructors and administrators, etc.).

1. The Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities is required to follow the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act and Minnesota Statute Section 13.04.
2. If you are under 18 years old, your parents or guardian can be notified.
3. If you have a court appointed legal guardian.
4. If you are over 18 years old, you can sign a release for file information to anyone including parents, attorneys, etc. Copies of the file would only be given to you personally.
5. If you do not sign a release, no information would be available to others unless there is a court order, subpoena, health or safety concern for you or others, or if permitted by another federal or state law.

If the Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities or designee feels that there is sufficient evidence to support a report/complaint, the Student Conduct Officer or designee shall offer the accused student an opportunity to resolve the violation at an informal meeting. The student or students will be notified of their right to the informal meeting orally, by email, or by mail to the last known mailing address on file in the College records office.

Prior to or at the beginning of the informal meeting, the student must be provided with the following information:

• An oral or written notice of the complaint
• A copy of the Student Code of Conduct
• An oral or written notice of a summary of the evidence to support the complaint specific policy he/she is accused of violating
• A Tennessen Notice

During the informal meeting, the Student Conduct Officer or designee shall review the report/complaint and evidence with the student and allow the student to present a defense against the complaint. The accused student may have an advisor or attorney present. However, the advisor or attorney may not participate in any questioning or advocate on behalf of the student.

Within a reasonable time period following the meeting, the Student Conduct Officer or designee shall inform the accused student in writing of his/her decision whether a violation of the code was established by a preponderance of evidence and any applicable sanction as well as options available for an appeal meeting or formal hearing.

A student who has received a sanction of a long-term suspension or expulsion may accept the sanction or may request a formal hearing. A request for formal hearing must be made in writing to the Student Affairs Administrator identified in the notice of sanction, and received within ten (10) business days after the outcome notice is emailed to the student’s College assigned email account.

Failure to request a formal hearing in writing within the ten (10) day time period presumes acceptance of the sanction. The student may elect to have a hearing before the Student Affairs Administrator or before a College Conduct Committee made up of members of the College community.

Submit formal hearing requests to:

Becky Nordin

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

1501 Hennepin Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55403

Email: becky.nordin@minneapolis.edu

Phone: 612-659-6712

A student who has received a sanction other than a long-term suspension or expulsion has a right to an appeal meeting with a college administrator. A request for an appeal meeting must be made in writing to the college administrator identified in the notice of sanction, and received within ten (10) business days after the outcome notice is e-mailed to the student’s College assigned e-mail account..

Failure to request an appeal meeting in writing within the ten (10) day time period presumes acceptance of the sanction.

A student who has received a sanction of a long-term suspension or expulsion may accept the sanction or may request a formal hearing. A request for formal hearing must be made in writing to the Student Affairs Administrator identified in the notice of sanction, and received within ten (10) business days after the outcome notice is e-mailed to the student’s College assigned e-mail account.

Failure to request a formal hearing in writing within the ten (10) day time presumes acceptance of the sanction.

The student may elect to have a hearing before the college administrator or before a College Conduct Committee made up of members of the College community.

Submit appeals to:

Becky Nordin

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

1501 Hennepin Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55403

Email: becky.nordin@minneapolis.edu

Phone: 612-659-6712

A student who has received a sanction other than a long-term suspension or expulsion has a right to an appeal meeting with a Student Affairs Administrator. A request for an appeal meeting must be made in writing to the Student Affairs Administrator identified in the notice of sanction, and received within ten (10) business days after the outcome notice is e-mailed to the student’s College assigned email account.. Failure to request an appeal meeting in writing within the ten (10) day time period presumes acceptance of the sanction.

Submit appeals to:

Becky Nordin

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

1501 Hennepin Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55403

Email: becky.nordin@minneapolis.edu 

Phone: 612-659-6712

If a long term suspension or an expulsion is upheld by the college administrator, the student has the right to appeal the decision before an administrative law judge pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 14. A student seeking a hearing before an administrative law judge must inform the Vice President of Student Affairs within ten (10) days of receiving notice of the College hearing officer or committee final formal decision. The college will request a hearing from the Office of Administrative Hearings. The student will be notified of the time, place and date of hearing.

The hearing will be conducted pursuant to Contested Case Procedures adopted by the Office of Administrative Hearings. An administrative law judge will be appointed by the Chief Administrative Law Judge pursuant to Minnesota Statute section 14.50.

Following the hearing, the administrative law judge shall make a report, which contains a recommendation, to the College President.

Within a reasonable time period following receipt of the administrative law judge's recommendation, the College President shall make a decision. The President's decision shall be final.