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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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(a) The freedom of movement of any member or guest of the University on property or facilities owned or controlled by the University; or (b) T h e use of the property or facilities owned or controlled by the University; or (c) Ingress or egress to the property or facilities owned or controlled by the University; or (d) The performance of institutional duties by a member of the University. The use of force or violence, actual or threatened, to knowingly occupy or remain in or at any property or facility owned or controlled by the University after receiving due notice to depart. 3. Unauthorized entry to or use of property or facilities owned or controlled by the University. 4. Physical abuse of any person on or at property or facilities owned or controlled by the University or in the course of a University activity. 5. Conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person, or creates in such person a reasonable fear that actual abuse is likely to follow. 6. Theft or defacement of or damage to property or facilities owned or controlled by the University, or by a member or guest of the University. 7. Failure to comply with directions of a member or agent of the University acting in the performance of his duty. 1 8. Any conduct which substantially threatens or interferes with maintenance of appropriate order and discipline in the operation of the University, or any conduct on University property or in connection with a University activity which invades the rights of others. 1 9. Inciting, aiding or encouraging others to engage in a disruptive or coercive action. When, through the disciplinary process, a student is found to have knowingly engaged in a disruptive or coercive action, as above denned, the penalty will be dismissal or, upon a finding that substantial mitigating circumstances exist, suspended dismissal. The Chancellors, in consultation with the President, are expected to institute and implement the necessary procedures for referral of appropriate cases to the disciplinary processes. T h e Trustees also reaffirm their expectations that the Chancellors of the individual campuses, in consultation with the President, will place into effect other regulations, procedures, or measures deemed necessary or appropriate to meet an emergency, to safeguard persons and property, and to maintain educational activities. Examples of emergency measures include the imposition of curfew or other crowd control measures, and the imposition of interim suspension upon any student where there is reasonable cause to believe he has engaged in any disruptive or coercive act. Those placed on interim suspension shall be given prompt notice of charges and the opportunity of a prompt hearing. It is expected that disciplinary procedures shall be invoked for violation of University or campus regulations, whether or not such violations are also violations of law, and whether or not proceedings are or have been pending in the courts involving the same acts. The Trustees are cognizant of the interim "hearing officer" procedure now being utilized by the Urbana-Champaign Senate Committee on Student Discipline and the discussions of procedural changes going forward on all campuses. The Trustees have a continuing interest in the development of innovative methods to guarantee the due process and equitable treatment principles enunciated in the prior statements of the Trustees. At the same time, the Trustees consider it essential that the disciplinary process operate efficiently and effectively. Accordingly, the Trustees request the Committees and the administration to report, not later than the October 1970 Board meeting, concerning the efficacy of the interim "hearing officer" and other procedures. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e s t a t e m e n t w a s a d o p t e d w i t h t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h e G e n e r a l P o l i c y C o m m i t t e e will offer a t t h e n e x t m e e t i n g of t h e B o a r d a n a m e n d m e n t r e p h r a s i n g a n d c l a r i f y i n g t h e p a r a g r a p h n u m b e r e d 7 a n d a m p l i f y i n g t h e p a r a g r a p h n u m b e r e d 8.

1 The Board directed its General Policy Committee to offer at the Board's next meeting, September 16, an amendment rephrasing and clarifying the paragraph numbered 7 and amplifying tile paragraph numbered 8.