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apartment, building, and on campus. All Collin
College and student housing policies apply to
guests just as they do to student residents. Student
residents will be held responsible for the
inappropriate actions of their guests, unless the
individuals directly responsible for damage or
violations of Collin College and student housing
policies can be identified.
Hazing
To view the Board policies associated with this
section, go to https://pol.tasb.org/Policy/Search/
304?filter=hazing.
3.
4.
5.
Prohibition of Hazing
Hazing is prohibited at Collin College, on Collin
College property, or while attending Collin College-
sponsored activities on or off campus.
The following information is taken from the Texas
Education Code Chapter 37, Subchapter F, Section
51.936 of the Texas Higher Education Code, and
Board policy FLBC (LEGAL) located at
https://pol.tasb.org/Policy/Search/304?filter=flb
c.
Definition of Hazing
“Hazing” means any intentional, knowing, or
reckless act occurring on or off a Collin College
campus by one (1) person alone or acting with
others, directed against a student for the purpose
of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with,
holding office in, or maintaining membership in an
organization if the act:
1.
2.
is any type of physical brutality, such as
whipping, beating, striking, branding,
electronic shocking, placing of a harmful
substance on the body, or similar activity;
involves sleep deprivation, exposure to
the elements, confinement in a small
space, calisthenics, or other similar
activity that subjects the student to an
unreasonable risk of harm or that
adversely affects the mental or physical
health or safety of the student;
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involves consumption of a food, liquid,
alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug, or other
substance, other than as described by
number 5 below, that subjects the student
to an unreasonable risk of harm or that
adversely affects the mental or physical
health or safety of the student;
is any activity that induces, causes, or
requires the student to perform a duty or
task that involves a violation of the Texas
Penal Code; or
involves coercing, as defined by Section
1.07, Texas Penal Code, the student to
consume:
a. a drug; or
b. an alcoholic beverage or liquor in an
amount that would lead a
reasonable person to believe that
the student is intoxicated, as defined
by Section 49.01, Texas Penal Code.
Definition of Student
For the purpose of this policy, “student” means any
person who:
1.
2.
3.
is registered in or in attendance at an
educational institution;
has been accepted for admission at the
educational institution where the hazing
incident occurs; or
intends to attend an educational
institution during any of its regular
sessions after a period of scheduled
vacation.
Definition of Organization
For the purpose of this policy, “organization”
means a fraternity, sorority, association,
corporation, order, society, corps, club, or student
government, a band or musical group or an
academic, athletic, cheerleading, or dance team,
including any group or team that participates in
National Collegiate Athletic Association or National
Junior College Athletic Association competition, or
a service, social, or similar group, whose members
are primarily students.
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