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Minor Offenses
Minor Offenses
Warning Slip
Warning Slip
The following are categorized as minor offense:
1. Uttering profane or indecent language
2. Teasing, name-calling, taunting, ridiculing, picking on someone’s physical appearance, religion, or beliefs; purposely excluding someone from activities or group work; or any other similar acts of the same level.
3. Two (2) instances of non-submission of reply slips, contracts, and other official school documents and correspondence
4. Minor forms of disrespect such as but not limited to making faces, unnecessary noise or actions
5. Two (2) instances of non-wearing or misuse of school ID/ lanyard
6. Violation of guidelines on general appearance and grooming.
7. Littering inside the campus and/or its immediate premises
8. Shouting/howling/causing minor interruption of proceedings/activities in class, along corridors, auditorium, chapel, activity rooms, meeting/s or before homeroom period, during recess, lunch and/or during any other official activity
9. Unauthorized playing of electronic, board and card games
10. Eating and drinking other than water in class or in areas designated as a non-eating place such as auditoriums, seminar rooms, classrooms, laboratories, libraries, chapels, and study areas inside the buildings following the university guidelines and policies
11. Non-observance of the off-limits area
12. Unauthorized classroom entry
13. Non-observance of the Elevator policy/guidelines
14. Violation of the library and laboratory rule
15. Violation of the policies / guidelines during synchronous classes
16. Unclaimed valuables left unattended for more than an hour upon recovery/retrieval
17. Petty theft, stealing of ballpens, pencils and other small items
18. Playing rough games (e.g. wrestling, horse playing, etc which may or may not result in physical injury or destruction of properties)
19. Minor quarrels among students
20. Every three (3) incidents of unexcused absences in any subject in a trimester
21. Every three (3) incidents of tardiness in any subject in any trimester
22. Dress code violation
23. Non-securing of permits, slips and non-compliance to prescribed policies and guidelines (e.g. , Off-campus slip, Equipment slip, Permit to stay, etc)
24. Unauthorized bringing-in of cutters, pointed objects, hazardous chemicals
25. Violation of the DLSU policy and guidelines on the use of trademarks
26. Acting as accomplice for an offense committed on Major offense category 1.
27. Proselytizing, defined as an attempt to convert another to one’s faith by attacking or denigrating another person’s practices and beliefs, or by offering special inducements.
28. Minor form of online mischief or misbehavior
29. Any offense analogous to any of the aforementioned offenses
Major Offenses
Major Offenses
Category 1
Category 1
The following offenses when proven may warrant any of the following interventions:
a. Warning Slip
b. Violation Report and a reduced grade in Deportment
c. Disciplinary Probation / Strict Disciplinary Probation
d. Suspension
e. Dismissal or Withdrawal from school
Any major offense committed shall automatically disqualify the student from the deportment award for the remaining trimesters of the academic year.
The student is referred to the guidance counselor for restorative interventions, as needed.
The following are categorized as major offense (Category 1):
1. Unauthorized use of cellular phones and/or other gadgets/ equipment during regular class hours
2. Gross disrespect for ceremonies/ religious rites and/or prayers
3. Vandalism; tearing-off pages or defacing any library books, magazines, and periodicals; or any other willful destruction of school property and/or removal of official notices, posters and other similar announcements (immediate replacement or repair is part of the penalty)
4. Cases of cutting classes/Truancy:
a. Non-attendance of classes and other activities during official school hours, loitering during class hours
b. Leaving the class or school activities without permission from the school authorities
5. Inflicting harm on any person, or doing mischief which may or may not result in physical injury
6. Provoking that may or may not lead to a misbehavior of any member of the community
7. Illustration of pornographic images/ possession/ distribution/ borrowing/lending/selling/trading of pornographic magazines, indecent pictures or materials, pornographic images and visiting pornographic websites
8. Disrespect or insubordination in words and in deeds against any school authority, instigating others to insubordination, propagating false orders/acts of defiance against teachers, school authorities, and rules
9. Using profane language that are not sexual in nature, or defamation committed against any student or school personnel
10. Commission of vulgar gestures causing harm to other members of the community or disruption of classes or any school activities
11. Bullying that includes repeated teasing, name-calling, taunting, ridiculing, or any other forms of verbal abuse; vandalizing or hiding belongings; spreading rumors; repeated picking on someone’s physical appearance, religion, or beliefs; purposely excluding someone from activities or group work; threatening, stalking, intimidating, provoking or coercing any member of the school community whether committed in the physical or online environment excluding acts that are sexual in nature
12. Acting as accomplice for an offense committed on Major offense category 2.
13. Misbehaving in public places or entertainment centers while in school uniform or any clothing associated with the school
14. Disruption of classes; preventing students or faculty members and school authorities from discharging their duties or from attending classes or entering the school premises
15. Fighting/instigating a fight in or out of the school during official school activity
16. Stealing in and out of the school of properties or items that are worth more than the limit for petty theft
17. Act of coercion in exchange of money, property, service etc.
18. Involvement/Participation in any form of violence as defined in the DLSU IS Child Protection Policy excluding acts that are sexual in nature
19. Academic Dishonesty that includes but are not limited to the following:
a. Plagiarism – it is the purposeful or inadvertent misrepresentation of another’s work. Using another’s material without recognizing the source, presenting another’s work, bought or otherwise acquired, as one’s own are examples.
b. Cheating – this act includes but is not limited to the following:
- Unauthorized possession of exam or test materials,
whether or not the student utilizes them.
- Leaking exam questions to another or other student/s
- Copying or allowing others to copy from one’s exams, and/or having someone else take an exam or generate a report or project on one’s behalf. In either case, both parties are accountable.
- Looking at another student’s test paper or allowing another student to look at one’s answers.
- Talking to another student or any other person during an exam or test without the teacher’s or proctor’s permission.
c. Fabrication – this act pertains to making up data; that is, generating outcomes from a research work or laboratory experiment.
d. Falsification – this refers to one’s deliberate manipulation of outcomes in an experiment or other academic endeavor.
e. Multiple Submission – this refers to the unauthorized submission of academic work for which credit has already been achieved
f. Complicity – this act is defined as willfully or knowingly assisting or trying to assist someone in committing an act of academic dishonesty.
20. Willful destruction of any school property (immediate replacement or repair is part of the penalty)
21. Posting in social media of official school documents or photos in a malicious and derogatory manner
22. Misappropriation of funds or other collections authorized by the school
23. Acts of lewdness or commission of any act of sexual intimacy within the school premises or during any official school activity, or in any public place while in school uniform
24. Possession and distribution of questionable publications or literature contrary to the faith or the good of the school or country
25. Falsification or tampering of academic/official records or documents of any kind
26. Possession of alcoholic beverages, cigarettes (including e-cigarettes), or smoking on campus, in the school bus, within the school premises or in any public place while in school uniform
27. Gambling on campus or in any school-related activity outside the campus
28. Unauthorized driving inside the campus
29. Sharing or posting of obscene/pornographic video/pictures on the net that are not necessarily directed to a particular person but may insult or off end other people
30. Desecration of religious images and places
31. Computer misconduct or violation of the Data Privacy Act (hacking, fraud, privacy breaches, etc.)
32. Any form of cyberbullying excluding acts that are sexual in nature
33. Forgery or misrepresentation of any form
34. Involvement in a serious fight in or out of school which may result in
physical injury
35. Violation of guidelines given during suspension
36. Unauthorized selling of any goods or collecting or soliciting contributions
37. Public Display of Physical Intimacy
38. Any form of dishonesty
39. Invading one’s property without permission
40. Withholding information during official/formal investigation
41. Commission of similar/different minor offenses:
a. Accumulation of Four (4) Minor Offenses within the trimester
b. Accumulation of Seven (7) Minor Offenses within Academic Year
42. Any offense analogous to any of the aforementioned offenses.
Category 2
Category 2
The following offenses when proven may warrant any of the following interventions:
a. Suspension and Strict Disciplinary Probation
b. Dismissal or Withdrawal from School
c. Expulsion
The following are categorized as major offense Category 2:
1. Gross disrespect and disobedience, defiance, assault, and abusive behavior towards school or school authorities
2. Slanderous actions/remarks excluding those that are sexual in nature to fellow students and/or teachers and staff via print or broadcast media, in the internet or other medium of communication
3. Rebellious actions or remarks against the school
4. Threatening fellow students and/or teachers and staff using deadly weapons
5. Possession, sale or use of deadly weapons such as guns, explosives, knife/knives, including firecrackers and pillboxes and poisonous chemicals which may endanger the lives of any member of the school community
6. Use, sale of intoxicating drinks such as beer liquor, wine or any alcoholic beverages within the school premises or in its immediate vicinity.
7. Entering the school premises and/or participating in any recognized school activity while under the influence of liquor or any alcoholic beverages
8. Possession, use or sale of prohibited or regulated drugs (including marijuana)
9. Entering the school premises and/or participating in any recognized school activity while under the influence of prohibited drugs including marijuana and other illegal substances
10. Membership in student organizations or fraternities (in and out of the school) not officially approved by the school which disturb the peace and order of the school and/or community
11. Affiliation with any organization whose objectives and/or activities are contrary to the school’s philosophy, objectives, announcements, policies or rules
12. Hazing, in any form, committed in connection with any student activity, whether within or outside the school premises
13. Gross misconduct / scandalous behavior which endangers the good name of the school
14. Eliciting sexual advances or insinuations to a school personnel
15. Inflicting serious physical injury on any DLSU-IS student or any member of the school community
16. Bullying that results in serious physical injuries or death
17. Commission of a crime inside or outside of the school
18. Any offense analogous to any of the aforementioned offenses
Note: The list/classification of offenses appearing herein are not all-inclusive. Therefore, students may be meted disciplinary action for offenses other than those listed herein. Likewise, the school reserves the right to impose lighter or stiffer penalties for offense committed depending on the attending circumstances of the case. In cases where two or more offenses carrying different penalties are committed under one given situation or instance, the heaviest penalty imposable shall be considered or applied.
A student who is dismissed due to disciplinary problems will not be accepted to any further extent in DLSU-IS.
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