Probation After Suspension
   A student will be placed on Probation after Suspension under the following condition:

• The student is on Academic Suspension and fulfilled the terms of the suspension.

   A student will be permitted to register for classes on Probation After Suspension only after academic advising and with specific course approval. The student must complete 50% of all courses attempted, and maintain a 2.00 Term GPA or be placed on Academic Dismissal for one academic year from the end of the term for which he/she was dismissed.

Academic Dismissal

• The student is on Probation After Suspension or    Probation After Dismissal and fails to earn a Term 
  GPA of 2.00 or greater for the next term attended.
• The student is on Probation After Suspension or    Probation After Dismissal, and the student's Term Hours earned are less than 50% of the Term     Hours attempted for the next term attended.
     Academic Dismissal is critical. A student on Academic Dismissal may not enroll at the college for one academic year following the end of the term he/she was dismissed. A student may petition for readmission. To be considered, the petition must be submitted to Student Services at least thirty (30) working days before the beginning of the term for which the student is seeking readmission. The student will be notified of the decision in writing.   
  
  Probation After Dismissal
• The student is on Academic Dismissal, has fulfilled the    terms of dismissal, and received approval of  his/her petition for readmission.
  A student on Probation After Dismissal will be permitted to register for classes only after academic advising and with specific course approval. The student must complete 50% of all courses attempted and maintain a 2.00 Term GPA. A student who fails to meet these requirements will again be placed on Academic Dismissal and will be considered for readmission only after a minimum of one year from the end of the term for which he/she was dismissed.

CLASS ATTENDANCE
General Policy
   Class attendance is a critical part of the teaching-learning process. Students are expected to arrange their schedules so as to enable them to maintain regular and prompt attendance in every class in which they are enrolled.
   Instructors provide course specific attendance policies as a part of the written materials provided students at the beginning of the term.

Policy for International Students
   International Students are expected to abide by the attendance policy established for each course in which they are enrolled. They are also expected to meet the standards established in the College's "Academic Standards of Progress". Failure to meet the requirements of either policy may have a negative effect upon the student's Visa status.

Policy for Veterans — Credit Courses
  Records of attendance will be maintained for all courses in order to determine the last day of attendance. Initiation of a withdrawal shall be consistent with the instructor's policy regarding attendance for all students including Veterans or other individuals eligible for and attending through the use of VA education benefits. The Veteran will be withdrawn from a credit course when lack of attendance precludes satisfactory completion. Should a Veteran violate the attendance policy for the course, the Veteran will be de-certified by the school, benefits will be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, and the Veteran will be required to refund monies received.

Policy for Veterans — Certificate Courses
   Veterans and other persons eligible to receive VA education benefits who register in a certificate course and accumulate 4 days of unexcused absences within any calendar month will be de-certified for lack of attendance.  This action will lead to de-certification by the school, termination of benefits for unsatisfactory progress and refund of monies received by the Veteran or other individual eligible for and attending through the use of VA education benefits.

CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM
   Cheating or plagiarism is not tolerated and results in appropriate disciplinary action authorized by Board of Trustees Rule 4.01. The complete rule covering cheating or plagiarism is available in Student Services.
   Cheating is defined as the giving or taking of any information or material with the intent of wrongfully aiding oneself or another in academic work considered in the determination of a course grade.
   Plagiarism includes failure to use quotation marks or other conventional markings around material quoted from any printed source. Plagiarism also includes paraphrasing a specific passage from a specific source without accurately indicating that source. Plagiarism further includes letting another person compose or rewrite a student assignments. 
   The following terms are identified as examples of cheating and plagiarism by the faculty and students at Polk Community College:

• asking for information from another student during a test situation
• copying answers from another's paper during a test situation
• knowingly letting someone copy from your paper during a test situation
• using sources other than those permitted by the instructor in a test situation
• copying material exactly or essentially from outside sources omitting appropriate documentation
• copying or falsifying a report of a laboratory, clinical project, or assignment without doing the required work
• changing answers on a returned, graded test in an effort to get the grade revised.