The Florida Senate

240.133  Expulsion and discipline of students of the State University System and community colleges.--

(1)  Each student in the State University System and each student in a community college is subject to federal and state law, respective county and municipal ordinances, and all rules and regulations of the Board of Regents or board of trustees of the community college.

(2)  Violation of these published laws, ordinances, or rules and regulations may subject the violator to appropriate action by the university or community college authorities.

(3)  Each president of a university in the State University System and each president of a community college shall have authority, after notice to the student of the charges and after a hearing thereon, to expel, suspend, or otherwise discipline any student who is found to have violated any law, ordinance, or rule or regulation of the Board of Regents or of the board of trustees of the community college. A student may be entitled to waiver of expulsion:

(a)  If the student provides substantial assistance in the identification, arrest, or conviction of any of his or her accomplices, accessories, coconspirators, or principals or of any other person engaged in violations of chapter 893 within the State University System or community colleges;

(b)  If the student voluntarily discloses his or her violations of chapter 893 prior to his or her arrest; or

(c)  If the student commits himself or herself, or is referred by the court in lieu of sentence, to a state-licensed drug abuse program and successfully completes the program.

History.--ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 69-366; ss. 2, 3, ch. 70-362; s. 70, ch. 72-221; ss. 17, 18, ch. 73-331; s. 8, ch. 78-95; s. 93, ch. 79-222; s. 1, ch. 79-319; s. 144, ch. 81-259; s. 11, ch. 87-243; s. 27, ch. 95-148.

Note.--Former s. 239.582.