The Honor Committee approved a bylaw last night that gives the Committee more jurisdiction over honor offenses that occur in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
The bylaw allows the Committee to apply some or all of its standard procedures to investigate honor allegations that originate from all SCPS courses, including ones offered online.
According to the old bylaw, SCPS cases were to be investigated by the regional director of the SCPS location in which an offense took place. Under the new bylaw, the Committee retains the power to decide who will investigate a case — the Committee or the regional director. All trials will be held in Charlottesville, which is not a new policy.
Committee Chair Jessica Huang explained at a previous meeting that the new bylaw seeks to ensure fair honor proceedings for all students. For instance, she said, it would be in the best interest of a student taking an SCPS course online who does not live within close proximity of the regional center to have the Committee, rather than the SCPS regional director, investigate his or her case.
SCPS has locations in six regional centers: Central Virginia, Hampton Roads, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Roanoke and Southwest Virginia.
—compiled by Stephanie Kassab
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