a. Students residing with parents or legal guardians who live in Johnson County, Marion County, or at a location that is less than a 30-minute drive to campus as determined by the college (verification of residence may be required). b. Students residing with their spouses (verification of marriage may be required) c. Students with military veteran status verified by the Academic Records Office. d. Students who obtain medical waiver. Forms for this may be obtained in the Vice President of Student Development and Dean of Students’ office. e. Senior year students who have 91 or more credit hours. f. Students who have obtained an exception from the Vice President of Student Development and Dean of Students. Exceptions are rare. Requests must be submitted in writing using the form that is available in the Vice President of Student Development and Dean of Students’ office. Any student who fails to qualify for one of these exceptions will be billed automatically at the current lowest room rate. Unless special permission is granted by the Director of Residence Life or the Dean of Students, you must be a full-time student at Franklin College regularly attending classes in order to occupy a residence hall room. All students living in the residence halls, campus homes, and fraternity houses which do not offer food service are required to board at the student dining room in the campus center. The dining room is closed during Thanksgiving, holiday, spring breaks, intersession periods and summer session.
2. Residence Hall Administrative Regulations and Procedures The policies outlined in Section 2 refer to a special class of college policies called Residence Life Regulations (commonly referred simply as ‘regulations’). While any regulation violation may proceed through the college’s judicial system at the discretion of Franklin College professional staff, the Office of Residence Life may adjudicate violations of Residence Life regulations using simplified procedures, which result in fewer procedural requirements for involved students and pre-determined sanctions. If an item is confiscated for violating a Residence Life regulation, it will be held in the hall office, the residents of the room will be notified, and the owner may repossess the item upon returning to their permanent residence. If the responding parties do not respond to the confiscation notice within 30 calendar days, the item may be disposed. Depending on the time of year, notice may take the form of an e-mail from residence life staff, or a charge. Sometimes, behaviors that are disruptive to a residential community – including but not limited to improper check-ins/outs, frequent lockouts or lost keys, or room damage – may result in financial charges on a student’s account. Students will be notified by an e-mail from Residence Life, or by a charge on a student’s account. Individual roommates/suitemates who do not take responsibility for a regulation violation in a shared space may have the resulting financial charges divided between them, or the matter Page -79
