(A) Policy statement and purpose
The purpose is to articulate when the university may contact
parents/legal guardians to notify them of certain code of student conduct
violations or to disclose information necessary to protect the health
and
,
safety, and well-being of their student or other
individuals The goal of parental/legal guardian notification is to enlist
support to create a safer community environment.
(B) Policy
(1) The Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act (FERPA) permits colleges and universities to notify parents/legal guardians
when their student is under the age of twenty-one and is found responsible for
violating any law or university policy concerning the use or possession or
alcohol or controlled substance. In accordance with FERPA, the office of the
dean of students
or designee may notify
parents/legal guardians, without their student's consent, when their student is
under the age of twenty-one and;
(a) Violates
the code of student conduct concerning the use or possession of controlled
substances (i.e., illegal drugs
excluding prohibited cannabis or substances derived
from prohibited cannabis); or
(b) Violates the code of student conduct
concerning the use or possession of alcohol
and/or
prohibited cannabis or substances derived from prohibited cannabis, when
any of the following apply:
(i) The student
has violated this section of the code for a second time;
(ii) Medical attention
to any person, including the student, was
required as a result of the alcohol-related behavior;
(iii) The student demonstrated reckless
disregard for their own personal safety and/or the safety of others;
or
(iv) There is significant property damage as
a result of the alcohol-related
behavior.
;
or
(v)
The student accepted admittance into the alternative
resolution program.
(2) FERPA also permits colleges and
universities to disclose to parents/legal guardians information that is
necessary to protect the health or safety of their student or other
individuals. In accordance with FERPA, the office of the dean of students
or designee may notify parents/legal guardians,
without their student's consent and regardless of the student's age, if any of
the following situations occurs:
(a) Their
student was transported to the hospital for a serious or life-threatening
condition; or
(b) There is concern
for the immediate safety of their student or other individuals.
Equity impact statement: the policy has been assessed for
adverse differential impact on members of one or more protected groups.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
3341-2-25
Effective:
6/6/2024
Promulgated Under:
111.15
Statutory
Authority: 3341
Rule Amplifies: 3341
Prior Effective
Dates: 03/12/2015, 10/29/2020, 09/02/2022
