{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-60-1403","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-60-1403","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Disciplinary proceeding\" means a hearing, appeal, or investigatory interview conducted by an institution's administrator relating to an alleged serious violation of the code of student conduct; (2) (A) \"Fully participate\" means the opportunity for an institution, a student complainant, a student respondent, or a student organization to be provided an opportunity to be present and advised by an attorney or non-attorney advocate. (B) (i) \"Fully participate\" does not require an institution to use formal rules of evidence in a disciplinary proceeding. (ii) However, an institution shall make good faith efforts to include relevant evidence and exclude evidence that is neither relevant nor probative; (3) \"Institution\" means an Arkansas public two-year or four-year institution of higher education; and (4) (A) \"Serious violation\" means a violation of a nonacademic rule under a student code of conduct that an institution's official determines, at the inception of the case, could result in a sanction of suspension or expulsion. (B) \"Serious violation\" does not include an act of academic dishonesty. Added by Act 2023, No. 470,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Disciplinary proceeding\" means a hearing, appeal, or investigatory interview conducted by an institution's administrator relating to an alleged serious violation of the code of student conduct;\n\n(2) (A) \"Fully participate\" means the opportunity for an institution, a student complainant, a student respondent, or a student organization to be provided an opportunity to be present and advised by an attorney or non-attorney advocate. (B) (i) \"Fully participate\" does not require an institution to use formal rules of evidence in a disciplinary proceeding. (ii) However, an institution shall make good faith efforts to include relevant evidence and exclude evidence that is neither relevant nor probative;\n\n(A) \"Fully participate\" means the opportunity for an institution, a student complainant, a student respondent, or a student organization to be provided an opportunity to be present and advised by an attorney or non-attorney advocate.\n\n(B) (i) \"Fully participate\" does not require an institution to use formal rules of evidence in a disciplinary proceeding. (ii) However, an institution shall make good faith efforts to include relevant evidence and exclude evidence that is neither relevant nor probative;\n\n(i) \"Fully participate\" does not require an institution to use formal rules of evidence in a disciplinary proceeding.\n\n(ii) However, an institution shall make good faith efforts to include relevant evidence and exclude evidence that is neither relevant nor probative;\n\n(3) \"Institution\" means an Arkansas public two-year or four-year institution of higher education; and\n\n(4) (A) \"Serious violation\" means a violation of a nonacademic rule under a student code of conduct that an institution's official determines, at the inception of the case, could result in a sanction of suspension or expulsion. (B) \"Serious violation\" does not include an act of academic dishonesty.\n\n(A) \"Serious violation\" means a violation of a nonacademic rule under a student code of conduct that an institution's official determines, at the inception of the case, could result in a sanction of suspension or expulsion.\n\n(B) \"Serious violation\" does not include an act of academic dishonesty.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 60","Subchapter 14"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"48a334c364937968637342e8a90fff85ed3c1b031ab0efae97a9585d5a868b1d","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-60-1402","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-60-1404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}