(A) Student travel for college organized
or sponsored events
(1) All student travelers
are bound by the Stark state college policies and procedures manual, including,
but not limited to, the following policies of the Administrative
Code:
(a) Code of conduct (3357:15-09-06)
(b) Anti-harassment (3357:15-14-13)
(c) Sexual assault (3357:15-14-15)
(d) Student code of conduct (3357:15-19-10)
(e) Travel and business entertainment expense
(3357:15-14-10)
(2) Stark state college
promotes safe travel by enrolled students to and from events and
activities.
(3) The types of activities and events
covered by this policy include course-related trips, the activities of
sponsored student organizations, and meetings of organizations where a student
is officially representing the college.
(4) An organized event is one that is
initiated, planned, and arranged by a member of the college's faculty,
staff, or by the members of a registered student organization, and is approved
by the appropriate department administrator - department chair, dean, director
of an administrative unit, or their delegate. (Appeals will be reviewed on a
case by case basis by the director of student life, equity and leadership
programs and/or the student affairs committee.)
(5) An enrolled student
is one who has been admitted to and is attending classes at the college. (If
the activity/event occurs during winter break or during the summer semesters
and the student is not taking classes, the student must be registered for
classes for the upcoming semester in order to travel.)
(B) Student travel for registered student
organizations
(1) This portion of the
policy applies to the travel of student members of a registered student
organization when the organization requires its student members to attend an
activity or event and the activity or event occurs more than fifty miles from
the college campus.
(2) Registered student
organizations that require student members to travel to and from events or
activities that are covered by this policy must obtain prior authorization for
such travel from the appropriate department administrator and the office of
student life, equity and leadership programs.
(3) If it is necessary
for a non-student (alumnae, guest, parent of college credit plus student, etc.)
to travel using college funds/transportation, the individual(s) must have
approval prior to travel. All appropriate travel paperwork and information/
documentation required must be submitted fourteen days prior to travel to the
director of student life, equity and leadership programs.
