US 97-5 -- Formal Hearings. Amendment to OAR 571-21-055, replacing (1)
and (2) in their entirety, with the following:
(1) Membership: Selection; Hearing Board Chair; Presiding Officer; Refusal;
Removal
(a) Student Conduct Code formal hearings are heard by a panel on which faculty
and students are
represented, drawn from a pool known as the "Hearings Board".
(b) The Hearings Board shall consist of eighteen members, all of whom must
be appointed by the University President:
(i) Ten students, of whom four must be second or third year law students. The student members shall be registered students at the University of Oregon and shall have been recommended to the President by the ASUO. Each student member is appointed for a one-year term and may be reappointed for additional terms. Two of the law students shall be recommended by May 1 and two by Sept. 15.(c) A "Hearings Panel" shall consist of three students, one whom shall be a second or third year
(ii) Four University officers of instruction, all of whom the Committee on Committees shall recommend to the President. Half will serve a one-year term and half will serve a two-year term.
(iii) Four University officers of administration, all of whom the Committee on Committees shall recommend to the President. Half will serve a one-year term and half will serve a two-year term.
(i) Administer the process of the formal hearing; and(e) A Hearings Panel member shall be excused from hearing a case if:
(ii) Issue final rulings on behalf of the panel.
(i) The member is from the department or school in which the incident allegedly took place; or(f) Hearings Board Chair. The appointed Hearings Board members shall select a Hearings Board
(ii) A majority of the Hearings Panel members vote that there would be substantial bias to
the accused student if the panel member were to hear the case.
(i) Assist the Coordinator of Student Conduct in administering the formal hearings(g) Removal for Nonperformance of Duties. A member of the Hearings Board may be dismissed
process;
(ii) Coordinate selection and assignment of panel members who shall hear a case; and
(iii) Have authorization to sign, and thereby ratify, negotiated settlements presented and signed by the Coordinator of Student Conduct and charged student.
(i) Make findings of fact;(b) Any decision of the Hearing Panel shall be made by a simple majority of the tribunal.
(ii) Determine whether or not the student has violated the Code;
(iii) Impose any sanction listed in 571-21-038 of the Student Conduct Code.