Draft PROPOSAL (11/19/07) Draft

HawCC Guidelines Regarding Children of Our Students

In general, the workplace and classroom are not appropriate places for non-student, minor children to be present on a frequent or continuing basis. However, family needs and responsibilities may require students to bring a child on campus for a limited period of time. A student who decides to bring a child to campus should be respectful of others’ needs for a professional educational and work environment. These guidelines are intended to promote respect for the needs of all parties impacted by the presence of minor children as well as to protect the health and safety of the child and the college community.

The following guidelines apply to all students bringing non-student, minor children to campus:

1. Parents and guardians are responsible for ensuring that the child behaves appropriately. If the faculty member or administrator responsible for the class or workplace finds a child is disruptive, the parent/guardian must remove the child from the situation.
2. A parent or guardian must provide adult supervision at all times. Children should not be left unattended. In the absence of a supervisory adult, minor children between the ages of 13 and 17, who are engaging in disruptive or dangerous behavior and whose parent/guardian cannot be located, will be asked to leave campus. In the absence of a supervisory adult, minor children below age 13, who are engaging in disruptive or dangerous behavior and whose parent/guardian cannot be located, will be reported by the Campus Security Officer to the Police, in the interest of the children’s safety.
3. Children are specifically prohibited from shop and lab classrooms and the Learning and Testing centers. Children shall not be allowed to enter high risk areas such as mechanical rooms, garages, rooftops, or areas where heavy equipment or power tools are in use. Children should not be allowed to play in stairwells, doorways, roadways, and/or parking areas.
4. Children should not be brought to campus if they are ill with a contagious disease.
5. Parents and guardians are responsible and liable for all injuries or damages caused by their children. (Haw.Rev.Stat. §577-3). Parents and guardians, who are HawCC students, are responsible for any injuries or damages sustained by their child while on campus and are subject to the HawCC Student Conduct Code.
6. Non-student, minor children are not allowed on any field trips related to any college class.
7. Only under occasional extenuating circumstances should a child be in a classroom while class is in session. Children may be allowed in the classroom under the supervision of the parent or guardian in the following circumstance:
1. Alternate arrangements for childcare are impractical or impossible; and
2. The faculty member responsible for the classroom has granted permission. If the child is disruptive or interferes with instruction, the faculty member may require the student and child to leave.
8. A child should not be left unattended while the parent/guardian is attending class or conducting other business or social functions on campus.
9. Students may not bring children to classrooms on days of examinations.