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The Reporter Impact Statement is read before deliberations, where panelists hear sanctioning arguments from the Counsel for the Community and the guilty student.
The Committee also discussed ideas for “finals pushes” — events and giveaways to support students during finals.
The Committee’s current absenteeism policy falls under its “Code of Ethics,” which outlines the expected ethical conduct for all members and support officers.
International students have historically been over-represented in Honor cases, and can also face visa issues should stricter sanctions including suspension or expulsion be issued.
These changes were proposed by the Sanctioning Working Group, a group tasked with developing new sanctions and sanctioning procedures.
For non-school periods, the Committee pauses case-proceedings by default, unless continued processing is requested by the accused student and there are support officers available to staff the case.
Howard introduced the “guest speaker” period for public sessions to operate in conjunction with the current public comment procedure.
Simran Havaldar, chair of the FAC and fourth-year Commerce Rep., plans to organize an “AI lunch and learn,” involving a host of professors to serve as panelists.
The Committee voted unanimously in favor of changing the bylaws and will discuss long-term vacancy policy in future meetings.
With the Committee’s updated appeal policy, it is required that every appeal filed with the Committee be assigned an impartial investigator, drawn from the Committee’s pool of support officers. 

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