Children and Non-Students on Campus

Purpose:

To describe the college’s policy regarding children in classrooms and laboratories and the responsibility of adults to control the behavior of children on campus. The procedures for implementation of this policy are provided below.

Procedure and/or Process Definitions:

Children: any child in need of supervision, or under the age of 18 that is not a registered student at the college.

Non-student: any individual who is not currently enrolled at the college or participating in a college-sponsored activity.

Procedures:

1. Children unattended on campus

2. Students, faculty, or staff who witness children on campus or in vehicles without parental/adult supervision should immediately notify the Department of Police at 804-523-5911. Individuals attending classes who leave children unattended on campus will be contacted by the Department of Police and will be requested to leave class to provide immediate supervision.

   1. Students, faculty, and staff are strongly encouraged to contact the Department of Police at 804-523-5911, if they witness any behavior of non-students that is unusual, suspicious, disruptive, or threatening.
      
      
   2. The Department of Police will investigate the complaint and take appropriate action.
      
      
   3. Non-students that display disruptive behavior are subject to be removed from campus. A trespass notice may be issued prohibiting the individual from returning to college property.  Violators of the trespass notice are subject to criminal prosecution.

Other Information:

• Reynolds Policy 1-35, Student Conduct
  
  
• JSRCC Form No. 75-0005, Behavior Intervention Referral