III. Stage Three: The Formal Hearing. If agreement is not reached within seven (7) days of the submission of the written grievance to the dean, then the dean or either party may ask the Academic Policies Committee to arrange a hearing before a formal board of review.
A) The person submitting this request to the Academic Policies Committee shall transmit with it a copy of the written grievance and any other documents or exhibits which he/she considers pertinent.
B) Within ten (10) days of receiving the request to arrange a hearing, the Academic Policies committee shall act upon that request. In the case of a grievance against an administrator, the committee shall first determine whether the problem should more appropriately be resolved through the academic appeals process or whether the academic grievance process is the appropriate context. In the latter case, the committee shall then determine how to adapt the procedures of the academic grievance process to this particular situation. It shall then appoint a board of review, hereinafter referred to as the board, in the following manner:
1. The board shall consist of five to seven (5-7) members, including faculty members, at least one student, and the Dean of Students or his/her designate. One of the faculty members shall be designated by the Academic Policies Committee to serve as the chair of the board.
2. The Academic Policies Committee shall consult with the parties to assure that its selection of a chair is acceptable to both parties. Each party shall also be permitted to strike from one to three other proposed members from the board. When a party strikes a proposed member, the committee will name another in his/her place; such substitutions may also be struck by either party if that party has not already exhausted his/her three strikes.
3. No party to the dispute shall be a member of the board.
4. Immediately upon acceptance of the appointment by the chair of the board, the chair of the Academic Policies Committee shall deliver to him/her the written grievance and all other documents and/or exhibits received by the committee in the context of the grievance.
C) Within seven (7) days of the appointment of the board, the chair shall convene a preliminary closed session of the board for the following purposes:
1. To determine the day and hour of the hearing. The hearing must begin within ten (10) days of the preliminary session.
2. To distribute to the board all prior communications and documents pertinent to the grievance, including copies of the written grievance.
D) After the preliminary meeting of the board, the chair shall:
1. Continue attempts at arbitration at any appropriate point in these proceedings.
2. Prepare an agenda for the hearing and arrange for a meeting place.
3. Engage the assistance of the Dean of Students in utilizing the services of a confidential secretary or other appropriate means to obtain a verbatim written record of the proceedings.
59Augusta State University Catalog

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