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REGISTERING COMPLAINTS AGAINST STAFFGRIEVANCEPROCEDURESIf any student deems it necessary to file a grievance against an Instituto Embelleze Beauty Schoolemployee he or she must report such incident to the Director. Every effort will be made to protectthe privacy of any parties involved. The student is entitled and encouraged to have an informaldiscussion with the Director as a first step. If an informal conversation does not result in a satisfactoryresolution, or if you are not comfortable speaking about the matter with the Director, then the studentshould discuss the situation with the Owner. In cases of discrimination or sexual harassment, InstitutoEmbelleze Beauty School encourages the student to go directly to the Owner. Any complaint that is notin writing, that is, a verbal complaint, is considered an informal complaint.After an informal discussion, if the student wishes to file a formal grievance, he/she may submit such inwriting to the Director. However, before filing a formal charge, the complaining party should first makea good faith effort to meet and confer with the party against whom he or she has a complaint in aneffort to resolve the matter. The formal report should contain a statement of the problem orcomplaint, the facts and details of the situation, pertinent dates and the names and positions of theparties involved. The grievance must be signed and dated. Also, please note that the student maywithdraw a complaint at any time during the complaint process. A withdrawal must be made inwriting to the Director.Upon receipt of a written formal complaint by a student, the Director will consider the complaint.After such an investigation, Director will make a determination as to whether the grievance has meritas alleged. If the alleged grievance is deemed justified, Instituto Embelleze Beauty School will takewhatever steps it deems appropriate to correct any grievance suffered by the complaining party.REVIEW BY A REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEEThe student may appeal this determination to an appeals committee consisting of a member ofadministration, an Instructor, and a member of the student body. This committee has the right to reviewthe determinations and to reverse or amend such decisions.STUDENT CONDUCT CODE CODEThe following are examples of misconduct for which students and/or student organizations are subjectto disciplinary action by Instituto Embelleze Beauty School. This list should not be considered inclusive.1. Dishonesty, such as cheating, plagiarism, or knowingly furnishing false information to InstitutoEmbelleze Beauty School.2. Forgery, alteration, or misuse of Instituto Embelleze Beauty School documents, records, oridentification.3. Theft of and/or damage to property of Instituto Embelleze Beauty School, of a member InstitutoEmbelleze Beauty School community or of a visitor to Instituto Embelleze Beauty School.4. Unauthorized entry to, or use of, Instituto Embelleze Beauty School facilities, which are locked, closedto student activities, or otherwise restricted as to use.11

5. Tampering with fire equipment, exit lights, fire alarms, or any other Safety equipment orstructures.6. Disorderly, lewd, indecent, or obscene conduct or expression on Instituto Embelleze BeautySchool owned property or at Instituto Embelleze Beauty School sponsored or supervised activities.7. Abusive behavior - Any action or situation which produces mental or physical discomfort for anymember of Instituto Embelleze Beauty School community, or which places the individual or group indanger of physical or mental injury. This behavior includes but is not limited to: Sexual Harassment - inappropriate or unwelcome sexual attention to coerced sexual relations orsexual assault (also see policy on Sexual Harassment). Verbal Harassment-statements incorporating abusive, obscene, or threatening language. Physical Harassment - use of, or threatened use of, physical force or violence. Stalking - willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly following or harassing another person.Any harassment on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, or sexual orientation.8. Forging, altering, possessing, duplicating, using documents, keys, records, identification withoutconsent or authorization.9. Failing to comply with a judicial sanction, to include violation of specific probationarystatutes.10. Purporting to or representing another person, an organization, or Instituto EmbellezeBeauty School improperly without the consent or authority.11. Lying or perjuring self to Instituto Embelleze Beauty Schoolofficial.12. Attendance during the commitment of a violation of Instituto Embelleze Beauty School studentconduct code constitutes permission or condoning of the act.13. Possessing, consuming, dispensing, or being under the influence of alcoholic beverages or illegaldrugs inviolation of the State of Florida Law or Instituto Embelleze BeautySchool policy.14. Violating Instituto Embelleze Beauty School smoking tobacco use policy in specifiedfacilities.15. Soliciting/selling for personal or organizational profit without proper consent of Instituto EmbellezeBeauty School officials.16. Disruption of the normal activities of the institution, including physical violence or abuse of anyperson or conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of persons, the deliberateinterference with academic freedom and freedom of speech.17. Possession of weapons, which include firearms (or replicas), guns, sling shot devices, grenades,knives,explosives, flammable materials or any other instrument that may be used to cause injury to body ordamage to property.18. Violation of other published Instituto Embelleze Beauty School policies, rules, orregulations.12

ACADEMIC DISHONESTYCHEATING AND PLAGIARISMCheating is defined as the attempt, successful or not, to give or obtain aid and/or information by illicitmeans in meeting any academic requirements, including examinations. Cheating includes falsifyingreports and documents. Plagiarism is defined as the use, without proper acknowledgment, of the ideas,phrases, sentences, or larger units of discourse from another writer or speaker. Plagiarism includes theunauthorized copying of software and the violation of copyright laws.An incident of Cheating or Plagiarism upon which an instructor may take action will be an eventwhich theinstructor witnesses or has written evidence to support. An instructor must observe this evidence directlyand may not take action solely on the report of another party.PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING CHEATING AND PLAGIARISMAny instructor discovering a case of suspected cheating or plagiarism should make a responsible effortto confront the student with the evidence within five (5) working days. If the student can explain theincident to the satisfaction of the instructor, no further action is warranted.If the student denies cheating and the instructor continues to believe cheating has occurred, theinstructor will send an Academic Dishonesty Form to the program director. This form is available in theoffice of the Director. The Director will hold a hearing in which the instructor will present the evidenceagainst the student. The Director will decide who, in addition to the above, may be present at thehearing. The Director will determine whether or not the evidence indicates that cheating/plagiarismhas taken place.If the student has admitted or has been found guilty of cheating or plagiarism, the following recordswill be kept: The instructor will send an Academic Dishonesty Form to the Director. The Director will inform the student in writing that these forms have been sent. Records of the incident will be kept in the Office of the Director.This record shall be destroyed upon graduation or other forms of separation from InstitutoEmbelleze Beauty School if no further incidents of cheating or plagiarism occur.If the records, in the Office of the Director, indicate that the student has committed two offenses, bothincidents become part of the student’s permanent academic record.The instructor shall decide how the student will be graded for the course in which cheating or plagiarismoccurred. The student may be required to resubmit the assignment or take a new examination. Thestudent may receive a failing grade on the assignment or examination in question. The student mayreceive a failing grade for the course. For a second or subsequent offense, the student shall besubject to suspension or dismissal from Instituto Embelleze Beauty School.The student may appeal any of the above decisions in writing to the Director within thirty (30) workingdays.13

RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS CONCERNING ACADEMICDISHONESTYStudents are responsible for knowing the policies regarding cheating and plagiarism and thepenalties for such behavior. Failure of an individual instructor to remind the student as to whatconstitutes cheating and plagiarism does not relieve the student of this responsibility.Students must take care not to provide opportunities for others tocheat. Students must inform the instructor if cheating or plagiarism istaking place.DISCIPLINARY STANDINGSA student’s status with regard to discipline is regulated by the following definitions, which are reflectedin each student’s record kept at the Registration Department.GOOD STANDINGThe status of good standing indicates that a student has been duly enrolled in Instituto EmbellezeBeauty School and is eligible to participate in all activities of Instituto Embelleze Beauty School. Astudent is presumed to be in good standing unless the student engages in an established misconduct.WARNINGThis status indicates that a student has been through the judicial process due to the seriousness ofhis/her conduct and has been cautioned that further behavior of the same or similar type will because for further disciplinary action by Instituto Embelleze Beauty School.DISCIPLINARY PROBATIONThis status indicates that the student’s behavior has raised serious questions concerning the student’sstatus as a member of the Institute community. The student will be given a stated period during whichhis/her conduct will establish whether he/she is to be returned to good standing by having met definiterequirements in behavior or whether he/she is to be suspended or dismissed from Instituto EmbellezeBeauty School. The Director may impose the sanction of disciplinary probation on a student.A statement of offense and decision will be placed in the student’s file in the Education Department. Ifwhile on disciplinary probation a student is found responsible for a further infraction of InstitutoEmbelleze Beauty School policies/regulations, the student will be subject to the possibility ofsuspension/expulsion from Instituto Embelleze Beauty School.14

SUSPENSIONThe status of suspension indicates the suspension/separation of the student from Instituto EmbellezeBeauty School for a stated time due to serious or repeated violations of the rules or for undesirableconduct on the part of the student. A student will be permitted to re-register for courses after a termprobation period. The Director may impose suspension.Statement of offense and decision will be placed in the student’s file in the RegistrationDepartment.EXPULSIONThis status, the most serious disciplinary action taken by Instituto Embelleze Beauty School, indicatesthe immediate, involuntary and permanent separation of a student from Instituto Embelleze BeautySchool because of established gross misconduct on the part of a student.After notice of expulsion, a student must leave the campus immediately. The expelled student does nothave the privilege to apply for readmission to Instituto Embelleze Beauty School. Statement of offenseand decision will be placed in the student’s file in the Registration Department. A student’s transcriptwill include documentation of expulsion.APPEALS TO DISCIPLINARY STANDINGSA student may appeal any of the above decisions in writing to the Director within thirty (30) workingdays.DISCIPLINARY RECORDSInstituto Embelleze Beauty School will retain disciplinary records for one year after graduation. InstitutoEmbelleze Beauty School reserves the right to keep records for a longer period of time if so specified inthe sanction letter.STUDENT SERVICESUnder the supervision of the Director, student services are in place to assist students with their variousneeds. The goal of effective and worthwhile student

INSTITUTO EMBELLEZE BEAUTY SCHOOL 2239 SW 2nd Street Pompano Beach, Florida 33069 954-247-9531 School Code #5981 Catalog Volume 2.0 2020 Licensed by the Commission for Independent Education, Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1414, Tallahassee, FL, 32399-0400 -