Advisory Committee Procedures. The President shall schedule a date and time for the hearing wherein the Advisory Committee shall admit and consider evidence submitted by the President and faculty member in the form of documents, audio or video records, or the testimony of witnesses. The President shall arrange for the hearing to be digitally recorded. The hearing shall be conducted within thirty (30) business days of the request for a hearing, unless the President and the faculty member agree in writing to hold the hearing more than thirty (30) business days after the request for a hearing. The faculty member shall have the right to attend all evidentiary proceedings of the Advisory Committee, to present evidence, to examine documents, to question witnesses, and to otherwise present any relevant evidence with respect to the statement of reasons for dismissal. The faculty member may be represented by SCEA or by legal counsel at his or her own expense. Any party who wishes to use a court reporter to take a verbatim transcript may do so at its own expense. The Advisory Committee shall adopt rules to be followed which ensure substantive and procedural due process including prior notice of witnesses to be called and documents to be offered in evidence at the hearing, no documents or witnesses not so listed shall be heard, except for the purpose of rebutting oral testimony of the other party or for other justifiable cause found to exist by the Advisory Committee, and may admit probative evidence as well as exclude incompetent or repetitive evidence, as well as the procedures for compelling witnesses who are college employees to appear. The Advisory Committee shall be assigned legal counsel to provide legal advice to the Advisory Committee to ensure that substantive and procedural due process is afforded to the parties during the hearing. The President shall appoint such legal counsel and pay for the cost of the legal services.
Advisory Committee Procedures. Once the President refers the matter to the Grievance Advisory Committee for an advisory hearing, the committee will then establish the time and place of a hearing before it, and so inform the faculty member and the President. The committee shall admit, consider, and video or audiotape record evidence submitted by the parties in the form of documents or the testimony of witnesses. The aggrieved faculty member shall have the right to attend all evidentiary proceedings of the committee, to present evidence, to examine documents, to question witnesses, and to otherwise present any relevant evidence with respect to the statement of reasons for termination. The aggrieved faculty member shall also have the right to be represented by the SCEA or by legal counsel at the grievant’s expense. The college shall provide a written transcript of the proceedings. Any party who wishes to use a court reporter to take a verbatim transcript may do so at its own expense. The committee shall adopt rules to be followed which ensure substantive and procedural due process including prior notice of witnesses to be called and documents to be offered in evidence at the hearing, no documents or witnesses not so listed shall be heard, except for the purpose of rebutting oral testimony of the other party or for other justifiable cause found to exist by the committee, and may admit probative evidence as well as exclude incompetent or repetitive evidence, as well as the procedures for compelling witnesses who are college employees to appear.
Advisory Committee Procedures. Each committee referred to in this Section shall have such consultation rights and shall implement such other procedures, as may be agreed to from time to time with the RCM Trustee. The procedures shall include mechanisms for providing notices and disseminating information, subject to appropriate confidentiality safeguards, and under what circumstances the RCM Trustee may represent to the Bankruptcy Court what the advisory position of the committee is on any particular issue.
