The Institute shall maintain a drug-free environment and shall establish, as needed, a program complying with federal and state requirements. The program shall provide applicable information to Students and employees in the following areas:

1. The dangers of drug use and abuse in the workplace.
2. The Institution's policy of maintaining a drug-free environment.
3. Drug counseling, rehabilitation, and assistance programs that are available in the community, if any.
4. The penalties that may be imposed on employees and students for violation of drug use and abuse prohibitions.

All fees or charges associated with drug/alcohol abuse counseling or rehabilitation shall be the responsibility of the employee or student. Students found to be a drug or alcohol offender or in possession, distributing or using alcohol or illicit substances will be immediately expelled.

The use of illicit drugs and the unlawful possession and use of alcohol is wrong and harmful. Disciplining sanctions including expulsion and referral for prosecution will be imposed on any student who violates the Standards of Conduct. Compliance with the Standards of Conduct is mandatory. Information about any drug and alcohol counseling, rehabilitation, and re-entry programs is available from the director, faculty, and appropriate school personnel.

The Gun Free Schools Act of 1994 requires that if a student brings a weapon (firearm, explosives ,ect.) to school, the student is to be expelled for one-year unless the superintendent decides to modify the expulsion on a case-by case basis.

In the event of an area wide emergency school closing information will be on the following radio and television stations.

• Radio-KLV1 560 AM Television - KFDM Channel 6
• KYKR 95.1 FM KBMT Channel 12
• KAYD 101.7 FM KBTV Channel 4

In the Event of an unforeseen event at the Institution or in the Department making it not possible to have class a sign will be posted on the doors, or you will be notified prior to class if possible.

The following Code of Conduct for students was developed through the commitment, cooperation, and involvement of the legislature, administrators, teachers, and students describes the expectations of student conduct and specifies the consequences of violating the code. It contains specific student conduct rules. As the need arises, school officials may adopt additional policies containing student conduct rules, which shall be incorporated into the student code. Those rules provide sanctions against student misconduct that is likely to result in disruption of the educational process or infringement of the light of others. Students have certain legal rights, but those rights must be balanced against the needs of school officials to maintain an effective educational climate. Law enforcement authorities may be contacted when deemed necessary to help school officials in enforcing these provisions.

Appropriate judicial proceedings may be instituted. Of course misbehaving students are subject to disciplinary action as provided in this code of conduct regardless of whether judicial proceedings are instituted.

Certain property used by students, i.e. desks, lockers, cabinets, school facilities, and parking lots are owned and controlled by the institution. Vehicles parked on school property are subject to guidelines described in this plan.

Disciplinary action shall depend upon a careful assessment of all circumstances. Including the nature and severity of the offense.

Students must inform the teacher prior to class if they will be leaving class early. If the student wishes to return to class permission must be approved by the instructor or director of program. Cosmetology Students leaving the school must clock out.

There is no exception to this.

Students having a communicable disease should alert the program director or teacher immediately. Students with a communicable disease should not be attending classes. Students with an elevated temperature should not attend classes.

Students are responsible for all communications addressed to them at the address on file in the Chief Administrator's office. Any student who moves during the course must immediately register his/her change of address in the Chief Administrator's office.

Failure to do so could adversely affect the student's ability to annul for the state test.

All students are required to furnish an emergency number and contact person when enrolling- If it is not possible to reach the contact person and the student is unable to make a decision the program director or teacher on duty will call 911 immediately. Should EMT personnel decide the student should be transported to a medical facility the student will be responsible for all costs incurred. (Ambulance, hospital etc.)

Lost and found articles and books are to be turned into program directors office. If a student loses an article he or she should turn in a description to the office as soon as possible. Unclaimed articles will be disposed after 30 days.

COSMETOLOGY: Students must make up work missed within 2 weeks to be able to advance into the next phase or apply for state exam.

ALL OTHER COURSES: The individual teacher of each course will decide make up work.

COSMETOLOGY: Students are responsible for lab sheets and tracking practical requirements.

Lab sheets should be turned in before the last class day of the month. Students scheduled for board must take a Mock State Board Exam and have grades for all assignments before exam application will be sent to Austin. ALL OTHER COURSES: The class syllabus will be given to the students in each class, which will include any projects or assignments, test etc. expected of the students.

Students wishing to see the Admissions director, Financial Aid Officer or Chief Administrative Officer during class lime should request permission from the instructor or program director. They can the call the office and announce the students need to visit. "Blue Slips" are also available should the student feel they cannot approach the teacher or program director.

Students are not allowed to park in the spaces directly facing the building. These spaces are reserved for cosmetology clients and handicapped individuals only. The Southeast Texas Career Institute is not responsible for accidents to persons or vehicles in the parking lot. No overnight parking is permitted.

Students are not allowed to use the receptionist's phone or office phones without permission from an instructor or program director. Please no long distance calls and in the case of extreme emergency limit calls to 3 minutes. If a student receives a personal call during school hours the teacher or receptionist is to take a message and the student can return the call at their break.

Students with a problem or concern should address the problem first with the instructor or program director, if this does not prove to be satisfactory the student may submit the concern on a "blue Slip to the Chief Administrate. Please allow sufficient time for the administrator to investigate and analyze the issue. The student will receive either a written or oral response within 3 days.

Leave of Absence for vacations, family needs, illness, etc must be submitted in writing to the Chief Administrative Officer and approved by the Program Director. A student may request in writing a formal leave of absence for a period of not less than two weeks and no more than 180 days. A student's total leave of absence may not exceed more than 180 days in any 12 month period. The student will remain under contract and tuition will resume upon return from leave of absence. The student will be responsible for all coursework that they began prior to the leave of absence. If the student has a "Student Loan", the student will discuss the effect that the student's failure to return from the leave of absence may have on their repayment terms, with the financial aid officer. This includes the exhaustion of some or all of the student's grace period. If the student does not return from the leave of absence, the 6 month grace period is retroactively applied back to the beginning of the leave of absence. The student must submit a written, signed and dated request for a leave of absence. If unforeseen circumstances prevent a student from providing a prior written request, the institution may grant the Student's oral, or an individual acting on the student's behalf request for a leave of absence. The institution will then collect the formal written statement as soon as possible. If a student does not resume attendance at the institution (or have granted a subsequent and/ or additional leave of absence as explained above) on or before the end of the leave of absence, the institution will treat the student as a withdrawal in accordance with the requirements of regulation. Withdrawal date will be the last date of attendance. Students must inform the financial officer of their decision immediately to determine financial obligations.

The grading scale for the School's programs is as follows;

Number Grade	Letter Grade	GPA
94-100	A	4.0
87-93	B	3.0
80-86	C	2.0
73-79	D	1.0
72 & Below	F	0.0
Withdrawn	W	0.0
Incomplete	I	0.0

• Homework/ Quizzes/Vocabulary 40%
• Tests 60%
• This gives you the term grade which then counts 75% of Final term grade
• Final-term exam 25%
• Three Final Term Grades averaged with Program final 75%
• Program final exam 25%
• Lab: Pass/Fail
• Pass - Satisfactory completion of non-graded Clinical Training
• Fail - Unsatisfactory completion of non-graded Clinical Training

"a passing grade of all clinical/externship components are required to progress to the next level of study. INCOMPLETE GRADES: Incomplete grades and how they are corrected are discussed later in this handbook under Make-Up work. Incomplete grades will affect the satisfactory academic progress if they are not made-up within the allotted time discussed in the Make-up policy. The teacher will inform the program director of failure to make-up work by the student and a grade of "0" will be recorded for the student. If the student completes all required make-up work within the time allowed by the teacher, the teacher may then change the incomplete grade to a grade which reflects the student's make-up work. REPEATING COURSES: Should an unsatisfactory grade cause the student to fail a course that course may be retaken at the time of the next course offering. No credit will be given for courses with a failing grade.