Guidelines for Violations of the Code of Student Conduct That Occur Off Campus
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(d) Other off-campus conduct as set forth in this subsection (d):
1. When a student violates a municipal or county ordinance or violates state or federal law or a foreign country's law by an offense committed off the university campus and which is not associated with a University activity or program, the conduct authority of the University will not be used merely to duplicate the penalty imposed for such an act under applicable ordinances and laws.
2. The University may take conduct action against a student for off-campus conduct if it is required by law to do so, if the conduct arises from University activities, or if the conduct poses a significant threat to the safety or security of the University community, or if the conduct poses a significant threat of undermining the University's educational process.
The Dean of Students Office Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution program uses the following as guidelines to determine if an off-campus incident involving University of Florida students warrant investigation and/or charges of violating the Student Code of Conduct. Examples of guidelines utilized in the decision process may include but are not necessary limited to the following:
- Degree of violence that occurred
- Extent of danger posed to the community
- Incident may result in a felony charge
- Drugs or weapons were involved
- Involvement of a student organization
- Students injured
- The student was acting as a representative of the University
- Students traveling to or from campus
- Location of incident with proximity to campus
- Judicial history of student(s) involved
- Date of incident
(The guidelines listed above are not in order of importance)