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["Raymond Tuttle (rtuttle)" <>]

Katie,

Your policies may allow you to do an interim suspension -- is it in your 
Student Handbook? This will allow you to remove the accused student from the 
institution pending the outcome of the hearing. Sometimes it may be 
sufficient to take an intermediate route, banning the accused student from 
having access to certain buildings or contact with certain individuals -- for 
example, a "no contact" order with the accuser. I am not entirely certain 
what you meant by "access issues" but perhaps this answers your question. In 
any event, it is good to review your handbook materials regularly and to 
consider spelling out options such as these.

Best,

Ray

Raymond S. Tuttle, Ph.D.
Director of Judicial Affairs and Community Responsibility
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 654-1660 /-1527 (fax)

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 On Behalf Of Katie Gentile
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:34 PM
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Subject: college policies against person with charges pending

I know this issue comes up all the time but I was wondering how other schools 
deal with access issues with a student who has charges pending against him 
for sexual assault against another student at a school-related outing. We do 
not have a set policy in place for denying access to the accused until he is 
found guilty. We have our own disciplinary hearing procedures but they are 
not immediate.

Thanks.

Katie Gentile, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Counseling and Gender Studies
Women's Center Director
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
445 W. 59th Street 
NY, NY  10019   212-237-8110
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