HONOR CODE ADMIMSTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS
FOR REVOCATION OR DEMAL OF AN ECCLESIASTICAL ENDORSEMENT

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What is an administrative review?
            An adoinistrative review is a hearing which reviews the university action based upon the revocation or denial of your ecclesiastical endorsement.

On what grounds may! request an administrative review?

  • You claim to meet the requirements for an endorsement.
  • You claim there are significant mitigating factors which shotid allow your  enrollment in the absence of an endorsement

What are the possible outcomes of an administrative review?
            The administrative review may not overturn the ecclesiastical decision to deny or revoke you endorsement However, the review may determine you are eligible to continue your enrollment without an endorsement until the end of the current semester or term.

What must! do before I can request an administrative review?
The university becomes involved in reviewing the revocation or denial of your endorsement only after you are unable to reach a satisfactory resolution with the LOS stake president or other ecclesiastical leader who revoked or denied your endorsement.

  1. You must first meet with the leader who revoked or denied your endorsement to resolve your status.
  2. For LDS students, if the endorsement was initially revoked or denied by your bishop, you must appeal to you stake president.

How do I request an administrative review?
Give notice to the Director of the Honor Code Office within two school days of receiving the
notice of discontinuance. Within one (1) week of giving notice of intent, submit three (3) letters (2 for non-LDS students) to the director of the Honor Code Office.

  1. A personal letter addressed to the university president including (1) an explanation of the nature of the transgression resulting in the ecclesiastical action and (2) listing the mitigating facts for the president to consider.
  2. A letter of support from your bishop or ecclesiastical leader with information which will help the president understand the reason for the appeal and make a decision.
  3. (LDS students only) A letter of support from your stake president with information which will help the president understand the reason for the appeal and make a decision.

What takes place in the administrative review?
When the above information is complete, the Honor Code Office forwards it through the Student Life Vice President to the university president. The president reviews the information and communicates his decision back through the Student Life Vice President to the Honor Code Office, which informs the student

What happens after the administrative review?
If a decision is made to allow the student to remain enrolled at the university, the student will remain enrolled without and ecclesiastical endorsement A student allowed to remain enrolled without an endorsement may do so only through the current temi or semester. Thereafter, the student must qualify for endorsement for succeeding terms or semesters.
If the decision determines you are not eligible to be enrolled as a student at the university, when appmpnate, notification will be given to the following:

  1. Ecclesiastical leaders.
  2. Housing Services which may notify the manager of your apartment.
  3. Others in the university who have a need to know.

What is my student status while the administrative review is pending?
Unless notified otherwise, you may participate in all university activities pending a decision.