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Family FAQ
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Q: Will I be notified if my student is charged with violating the Student Conduct Code? |
| A: The Parental Notification Policy at FSU states that we can notify parents in emergency situations or when students are engaging in high risk behavior. In addition, we will notify parents of students who are found responsible for possession or consumption of alcohol as an underage student twice within one year. |
Q: What is my role in the student conduct process? How can I help my student? |
| A: You can help to guide the student through the process and be supportive while holding the student accountable to your expectations and the university's expectations. You can also help identify and provide necessary interventions, such as alcohol or drug evaluations, anger management, and others, so that your student can be successful at FSU. Remind the student it is their responsibility to set appointments, attend meetings, and fulfill sanctions. |
Q: Can I attend a Student Conduct meeting and/or Hearing with my student? |
| A: The student can choose to bring an advisor of his/her choice to a Student Conduct meeting and/or Hearing. Students may only have one advisor. Students are required to address the hearing body in person, on their own behalf, although they may consult with their advisor during the hearing. This consultation must take place in a manner that does not disrupt the proceedings. The advisor shall not speak on behalf of the student unless expressly authorized to do so by the hearing body. |
Q: Will a disciplinary record keep my student from getting into graduate school and securing a job, etc.? |
| A: A disciplinary record does not automatically exclude a student from further study, employment, leadership roles, etc. The decision would depend on the type or severity of misconduct in which a student is involved. A disciplinary record may lead an admissions office to more closely scrutinize the student's application. Our office releases information about a student's disciplinary record to another school or potential employer as allowed by the records policy, or with the permission of the student. |
Q: Why is a particular rule or policy in place? |
| A: Policies are designed to support the university's educational mission. They are meant to support a safe environment where people can work, study, and live without undue interference. They are also designed to build and support the academic and social community, teach students responsibility and interdependence, as well as promote moral and ethical development. |
Q: This incident happened off campus. Why is the university involved? |
| A: The university has an interest in maintaining a safe community and appropriate standards of conduct for its students. This includes both on-campus and off-campus behavior, which can have an impact on the university community and the university mission. |
Q: I know my student could not have done this; I didn't raise my student that way. So why is my student being charged? |
| A: Developmentally this is a period of exploration, experimentation, and testing for students. They may be in a period of transition from late adolescence to adulthood. They may also be away from home and the daily influence of their parents for the first time. Students may test the beliefs and values they learned at home and they may make choices that are inconsistent with these values. Such testing is part of the developmental process and is normal. However, students must also learn that the choices they make may not be healthy and may have consequences. |