Children on Campus Policy

Employees of Mount Aloysius College, who work with children in the course of their employment with the College, are considered mandated reporters under the law. Mandated reporters are obligated by law to make a report any time they have a reasonable suspicion that a child, they are aware of through the course of their employment, is being or has been abused. Mandated reporters are responsible to make a report to ChildLine themselves or cause a report to be made by the College’s designated reporter. Mount Aloysius has designated the Director of the Student Health and Wellness Center as its official designee for mandated reporting.

MAC expects all organizations that bring children to our campus to have procedures in place for appropriate background checks of the adults who work with the children, and evidence of the appropriate credentialing and supervision of the children and the staff working with them. Evidence of such procedures shall be provided to College upon request.

MAC is committed to maintaining an appropriate academic environment for collegiate-level teaching and learning, research, co-curricular activities, and all of the related work that supports the academic life of the college. To achieve these objectives, MAC expects the full cooperation of all faculty, staff and students in observing these policies, which apply to all persons under the age of 18 who are not otherwise enrolled in programs of MAC.

As a general rule, the mission of Mount Aloysius College is higher education. MAC’s campus is not an environment structured for children unless they are enrolled in a program specifically designed for children and appropriately supervised by trained and credentialed adults with appropriate background check clearances. 

Students and faculty expect to be able to conduct their teaching and research in an adult academic environment. MAC manages the campus primarily for adults, and does not have the capacity to provide safe places for children who are not enrolled in specific programs. As a result, parents or guardians who find it necessary to bring a child to campus must adhere strictly to these rules:

• No child may be left alone on campus at any time for any reason; MAC will call the police if any child is found locked in a car or wandering alone around the campus;

• Children should not accompany MAC students to class;

• Personnel should not bring children to work unless MAC has specifically designated a time or place for staff children to be present;

• Unless they are enrolled in a specific program approved by MAC with appropriate adult supervision, children should not be in the library, classrooms, computer labs or science building;

• Resident students may not 'babysit' children in their rooms. All guests must be at least 18 years of age. Children under the age of 18 may only visit siblings who are resident students and must be escorted by said sibling at all times. Children under 18 are not allowed as overnight guests; and

• Invited guests with children who are here for campus events such as Homecoming, Alumni Weekend, athletic events, theater programs etc. are also subject to the provisions of this policy. In the interest of protecting children, we reserve the right to ask anyone failing to comply with this policy to remove themselves from campus.

• We understand that child care emergencies happen. We ask supervisors and faculty members to be lenient in excusing absences that result from child care emergencies.

• If no other arrangements can be worked out and a student brings a child to class, the faculty member may act at their discretion in handling the immediate situation, but in all cases, should remind the student of this policy. In all cases, the faculty member should inform the respective division chair of the situation so that appropriate follow-up communications can occur in a timely way.