HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Community College Board of Trustees will look over revisions to the academic honesty policy when they meet Tuesday evening. The revisions are mostly language related but does lessen the penalty for dishonesty in the classroom.
The current language states that a student caught cheating can be dismissed from the course and even the school depending on the severity of the incident. The student is not able to take a withdrawal from the class. Under the revision, a student would be sanctioned for the work done and would be allowed to make up the work under certain circumstances. The student could still be dismissed from the course and under the most severe sanctions, the student could still be dismissed from the school.
Also Tuesday, the board will seek approval of a contract for new men’s basketball coach Tommy DeSalme with a base salary of $70,000 per season along with a long list of team performance incentives including graduation rates.
Finally, the board will seek approval to enter into the K-JUMP lawsuit that many K-12 schools are entering. The lawsuit seeks to recover funds connected to the cold spell which sent natural gas bills soaring.
Tuesday’s meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Shears Technology Center on the HutchCC campus.
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