Student Code of Conduct

In order to protect MicroTrain and to maintain order and stability on campus, students who engage in inappropriate conduct, included but not limited to the following acts, may be subject to disciplinary action. Some violations may ultimately be subject to the maximum sanction of expulsion.

1. Infliction of bodily or mental harm or the intent to inflict bodily or mental harm upon any member of the MicroTrain community or his/her family; communicating a threat, either real or perceived, to any member of the MicroTrain community or his/her family; reckless endangerment with or without intent to inflict harm upon any member of the MicroTrain community or his/her family.

2. Knowingly and purposefully, causing, making, and/or circulating a false report or warning of a fire, explosion, crime, or other emergency.

3. Unauthorized possession or use of explosives, dangerous chemicals, or weapons on School Property or at any School function.

4. Being under the influence of, using, selling, possessing, or distributing any illicit drugs, including prescription drugs, or alcohol on School property or as part of its activities.

5. Acts of dishonesty, including, but not limited to: furnishing false information to any office; forgery, alteration, or misuse of any Student document, record, or instrument of identification; misrepresentation of oneself, or of an organization, to be an agent or representative of the School.

6. Misuse of the School’s IT systems (computers, networks, telephones) through any of the following:

   1. Circumvention of any security systems: Any activities

      1. aimed at compromising system or network security, including: hacking, probing, denial of services, or scanning; attempts to break into other users’ accounts or to obtain passwords; use of computer viruses, worms, or any kind of spyware or malicious software; sharing your username or password with another person, or using another student or employee’s account name or password (even if they have given you their permission).

      2. Modification of systems: Any unauthorized attempt to add to or reconfigure any IT systems, including the introduction, removal or reconfiguration of any hardware, software, network devices, telephones, etc; the unauthorized running of IT servers, whether virtual or physical, on any MicroTrain network.

      3. Forgery: Attempts to forge email or other electronic information; sending spam or pranks; or any other actions that are inappropriate or degrade the accuracy of student or school data.

      4. Theft: Unauthorized access, alteration, or disruption of any IT system, which includes all MicroTrain data; any conduct which violates the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or any other laws which protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of MicroTrain data.

      5. Other unlawful and/or inappropriate activities: Viewing pornography; sending harassing, vulgar or intimidating messages; illegally downloading copyrighted material; violating any software license agreement or intellectual property rights in any way.​​​

7. Damaging, destroying, defacing, or tampering with School property or the property of any person or business on School property.

8. Demeaning behavior toward a person on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, age, military status, and/or disability.

9. Disturbing the peace of the School by, among other things, fighting, quarreling, causing excessive noise, or engaging in indecent or obscene behavior on School property.

10. Harassment including sexual harassment against a member of the School community. Sexually harassing or offensive conduct includes, but is not limited to: unwanted physical contact or conduct of any kind, including sexual flirtations, touching, advances, or propositions; verbal harassment of a sexual nature, such as lewd comments, sexual jokes or references, and offensive personal references; jokes of a sexual nature; demeaning, insulting, intimidating, or sexually suggestive comments about an individual’s dress or body.

11. Violation of any federal, state, or local law on School property.

12. Theft of School property or services or theft of property or services from any person or business on School property or at a School function.

13. Unauthorized use, distribution, duplication, modification, or possession of any keys issued for any building, laboratory, facility, room.

14. Smoking and/or chewing tobacco in an area where smoking has been prohibited by law or by School regulations.