Academic dishonesty is against New Vision Charter School’s as well as the school community standards and will not be tolerated. Academic dishonesty is defined as: cheating, plagiarism or otherwise obtaining grades under false pretenses. Plagiarism is defined as submitting the language, ideas, thoughts or work of another as one's own or assisting in the act of plagiarism by allowing one's work to be used in this fashion. Cheating is defined as (1) obtaining or providing unauthorized information during an examination through verbal, visual or unauthorized use of books, notes, text, electronic devices and other materials; (2) obtaining or providing information concerning all or part of an examination prior to that examination; (3) taking an examination for another student, or arranging for another person to take an exam in one's place; (4) altering or changing test answers after test is submitted for grading, changing grades after :
● Copying homework assignments.
● Cheating on quizzes or exams including sharing answers with students in other sections of the course, including information in written assignments without proper citations.
Any incidents of any type of academic dishonesty will result in a student receiving an F or zero for the assignment and/or course. Disciplinary action may include suspension.