EMERGENCY                                   transfers to complete their baccalaureate  certain rights with respect to their  CONDITIONS                                  education, guarantees that students        education records. They are:                                              can transfer their courses to four-  Southeastern Illinois College is            year colleges or universities. If, with         1.	 The right to inspect and review  committed to providing a safe               the written consent of an authorized                 the student’s education records  learning and working environment            counselor, a course is selected to                   within 45 days of the day the  for its students and staff. The College     transfer to a specifically-designated                College receives a request  has established a National Incident         college or university, is successfully               for access. Students should  Management System (NIMS) compliant          completed, and is not accepted for                   submit to the Registrar written  Campus Emergency Operations Plan            transfer, Southeastern Illinois College              requests that identify the  which is accessible through our website,    will refund tuition and fees for that                records they wish to inspect.  www.sic.edu. . For further assistance,      course. This guarantee is valid only                 The Registrar will make  contact Security (ext. 2911), the           when all procedural guidelines have                  arrangements for access and  Executive Dean of Student Services          been observed.                                       notify the student of the time  Office (ext. 2401 or 2400), or the                                                               and place where the records  Business Office (ext. 2510).                Students wishing to obtain more                      may be inspected. If the                                              information about the educational                    Registrar does not maintain  EQUAL OPPORTUNITY                           guarantee for transfer programs, or                  the records, that official shall  POLICY (3007)                               desiring to sign a guarantee contract,               advise the student of the                                              should speak with the Executive Dean                 correct official to whom the  Southeastern Illinois College is            for Student Services or a Southeastern               request should be addressed.  committed to providing equal                Illinois College academic advisor.  opportunity through its employment                                                          2. 	 The right to request the  practices and educational programs, and     Career and Technical Education                       amendment of the student’s  through the many services it provides to    Programs                                             education records that the  the community. The Board of Trustees                                                             student believes are inaccurate  of Community College District No.           As a part of its commitment to                       or misleading. Students may  533 will make all personnel decisions       quality, Southeastern Illinois College               ask the Registrar to amend  without regard to race, color, religion,    guarantees its students, and the public,             a record that they believe  sex, age, national origin, citizenship      the educational effectiveness of its                 is inaccurate or misleading.  status, ancestry, marital status, parental  career and technical education (CTE)                 They should write the  status, pregnancy, family status, military  programs of instruction. All graduates               Registrar, clearly identify the  discharge status, sexual orientation,       of the College’s CTE programs will                   part of the record they want  gender identity, or disability or handicap  have obtained the academic and                       changed, and specify why it  unrelated to an individual’s ability to     technical skills that the program is                 is inaccurate or misleading.  perform the essential functions of the      designed to teach, as outlined in the                If the Registrar decides not to  job, association with a person with a       program competencies lists. Graduates                amend the record as requested  disability or handicap, military status,    who, with their employers, determine                 by the student, the Registrar  source of income, housing status or any     they are lacking in the academic                     will notify the student of  other category protected by law.            or technical skills contained in the                 the decision and advise the                                              program, and graduates who have been                 student of his or her right to a  Furthermore, the Board of Trustees is       unable to pass required licensing exams,             hearing regarding the request  committed to expanding equality of          with the exception of the Truck Driving              for amendment. Additional  employment opportunity. The Board           certificate program, shall be permitted              information regarding the  of Trustees will develop and maintain       to enroll in a maximum of 12 credit                  hearing procedures will be  educational programs and services that      hours of appropriate existing instruction            provided to the student when  are sensitive to the emerging needs         as well as receiving access to tutoring,             notified of the right to a  of members of minority groups and           advising, and customized instruction                 hearing.  women. And, finally, the Board of           at the discretion of the College, free of  Trustees will initiate programs that will   tuition and fees. This guarantee is valid       3. 	 The right to consent to  increase, on the part of all personnel,     only when all procedural guidelines                  disclosures of personally  sensitivity to the interests and needs      have been observed. Those desiring                   identifiable information  of those who have historically been         additional information on educational                contained in the student’s  discriminated against.                      guarantees for CTE programs should                   education records, except                                              consult the Executive Dean of                        to the extent that FERPA  EDUCATIONAL                                 Academic Services at ext. 2250.                      authorizes disclosure without  GUARANTEES                                                                                       consent. One exception that                                              FAMILY EDUCATIONAL                                   permits disclosure without  Baccalaureate/Transfer Programs             RIGHTS AND PRIVACY                                   consent is disclosure to school                                              ACT (9018)                                           officials with legitimate  Southeastern Illinois College, as an                                                             educational interests. A  assurance that students can obtain          The Family Educational Rights and                    school official is a person  a quality education at their local          Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students                 employed by the college in an  community college which fully                                                                                                                                       43