Student rights and responsibilities may be found in the following documents and through the links on this webpage. Student rights and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, Student Conduct Code, process and procedures for appeals, and board policies regarding students.
Current Handbooks
Standards to Take Classes
Students with Disabilities
- EFCA(LEGAL) – SPECIAL PROGRAMS – STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
- Students with Disabilities Handbook
- Pregnant and Parenting Students
Discrimination/Harassment-Free Environment
- FFDB(LOCAL) - FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT...OTHER PROTECTED CLASSES
- FFDA(LOCAL) - FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT...SEX AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Protected Expression on Campus
- Texas Education Code 51.9315 Protected Expression on Campus Compliance Report
- Board Policy FLA(LOCAL) - Student Expression and use of College Facilities
Interrogations and Searches
Privacy of Personal Information and Educational Records
College Decision-Making Process
Due Process in Matters of Disciplinary Action
- FMA(REGULATION) - DISCIPLINE AND PENALTIES - DISCIPLINE PROCEDURE
- FLB(LOCAL) - STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES - STUDENT CONDUCT
Grievance Process
- FLD(REGULATION) - STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES - STUDENT COMPLAINTS
- FLDB(REGULATION) – STUDENT COMPLAINTS: COURSE GRADE COMPLAINTS
Student Information
- Institutional information about TJC
- General Information about TJC — TJC Catalog, Student Handbook, Employee Handbook
- Cost of Attending
- Academic Programs and student attainment:
- Names of the associations, agencies, and governmental bodies that accredit, approve, or license TJC and our programs and a copy of this accreditation, licensure, or approval— TJC Catalog
- Special facilities and services available to disabled students — TJC Catalog, Student Handbook
- Offered degree programs, training, and other education — TJC Catalog
- GED program available — Continuing Education Catalog
- Facilities associated with academic programs — TJC Catalog, Student Handbook
- List of faculty and other instructional personnel — TJC Catalog, TJC Employee Directory
- TJC policy and criteria on the transfer of credit and list of schools with established articulation agreements — TJC Catalog
- TJC student body diversity by gender and ethnicity of full-time students who receive Federal Pell Grants — TJC Student Achievement Data
- Information on placement and types of employment obtained by TJC graduates who received degrees and certificates — This data is published by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and is available at the following link: http://www.txhighereddata.org/reports/performance/ctcasalf/ctcasf.cfm
- Retention rates of certificate-or-degree-seeking first-time full-time undergraduate students — Student Right to Know Information
- Requirements for officially withdrawing from the school — TJC Catalog
- What federal financial aid is available to students — Financial Aid Handbook, TJC Catalog, Financial Aid Website, Financial Aid Pamphlet
- What state and local aid, school aid, and private aid is available — Financial Aid Handbook, TJC Catalog Financial Aid Website, TJC Financial Aid Pamphlet,
- How students apply for aid and how eligibility is determined — Financial Aid Handbook, TJC Catalog, Financial Aid Website, Scholarships Website
- Rights and responsibilities of students receiving aid — Financial Aid Handbook, Financial Aid Website
- How and when financial aid will be disbursed — Financial Aid Handbook, Financial Aid Website, Apache Access
- Criteria for measuring satisfactory academic progress, and how a student who has failed to maintain satisfactory progress may reestablish eligibility for federal financial aid — Financial Aid Handbook, Financial Aid Website
- Return of federal funds requirements under Title IV — Financial Aid Handbook
- Terms and conditions for a student receiving federal education loans to obtain deferments – Financial Aid Website
- Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report — Campus Police, Student Handbook, Apache Access, Employee Handbook (This report contains information on the following: Law enforcement authority; Security awareness and crime prevention; Crime reporting; Access, maintenance, and security of campus facilities; Campus procedures for reporting crimes or emergencies; Campus crime statistics; Sex offense awareness, prevention, and reporting; and Drug abuse awareness and prevention; Penalties associated with drug related offenses; Emergency response and evacuation procedures; Fire safety practices and standards; fire statistics)
- Missing person procedures — Campus Police, Student Handbook, Employee Handbook, TJC Personnel Directory
- Option to designate contact person — TJC Admissions Application, Residential Life and Housing Emergency Contact Form for on-campus residents and available in the Residential Life Office, and the TJC Traveler Information Sheet for TJC-coordinated travel of student groups available from trip coordinator and required before the trip.
- Vaccination policies — TJC Catalog, Student Handbook
- Copyright infringement policies and sanctions — Library Web Page
- Textbook information — Course syllabus, TJC Campus Store, and TJC Campus Store Web Page
- Family Education Rights and Privacy Act compliance information — TJC Catalog, Student Handbook, Employee Handbook, Financial Aid Website
- Graduation and completion rates — Office of Institutional Research
- Terms and conditions of any employment that is part of the financial aid package — Financial Aid Handbook, Board Policy Manual
- Terms of, schedules for, and the necessity of loan repayment and required loan exit counseling—Financial Aid Handbook, Loan counseling sessions, Direct notice from the financial aid office, Disclosure statement from lender
- Information on preventing drug and alcohol abuse — TJC Catalog, Student Handbook, Employee Handbook, Student Life and Involvement Office, Campus Clinic/Support Services
- Information regarding the availability of Student Financial Aid Program funds for study abroad programs that are approved for credit by the home institution — TJC does not participate in study abroad programs as stated in the Financial Aid Handbook.
- Athletic Scholarships and Equity in Athletics Disclosure information — Intercollegiate Athletic Office, or online at the EADA (Equity in Athletics Data Analysis) Website, and in the Student Right to Know Information
- Voter Registration Forms — Student Life and Involvement Office, Student Affairs Office
- Sexual Harassment Policy — Policy and Procedures may be found in the Board Policy Manual at FFDA(LOCAL). For reporting violations of sexual harassment, contact the Executive Director, Human Resources or the Director, Employee Relations, Governance and Compliance, HR Title IX Coordinator.
- Protected Expression on Campus: TJC ensures that the common outdoor areas of the institution’s campus are deemed traditional public forums and permits any person to engage in expressive activities in those areas. For specific information regarding the usage of traditional public forums, see Board Policy GD(LOCAL) – Community Expression and Use of College Facilities, Board Policy FLA(LOCAL) - Student Expression and use of College Facilities
If you have questions about any of your rights or responsibilities as a student, please contact the Dean of Students.
Dr. Tampa Nannen
Dean of Students
Rogers Student Center (RSC), 3rd Floor, Room 308
903-510-3324
tnan@tjc.edu