BCA Guidance: Guidelines for Conduct of Hearing Panels

All attendees at a Hearing Panel will maintain confidentiality regarding participants, materials, information, and discussions. All attendees must be treated with respect and are expected to extend the same respect to others. OCS staff may remove any person from the hearing who disrupts the process or fails to respect other attendees.

Attendance is limited to panel members, Reporting Parties and Responding Students, OCS staff members, approved support people, and witnesses. Witnesses are only permitted to attend during their testimony.

Reporting Parties, Responding Students, and witnesses may bring a support person to the hearing, as permitted by the Charter. A Responding Student or Reporting Party may bring additional support people only if the Conduct Advisor approves. In conformance with the Bylaws, the Responding Student and the Reporting Party are expected to speak for themselves at hearings. A support person may only provide private advice to the person they accompany.

[Approved by the BCA on October 2024]