Common use of Advisory Committee Procedures Clause in Contracts

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.