GRADE CHANGES 6411
POLICY:
The Superintendent/President shall implement procedures to assure the accuracy and integrity of all grades awarded by faculty. The procedures shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:
- Assurance that in the absence of mistake, bad faith, fraud or incompetence, the grades awarded by faculty shall be final.
- Procedures for students to challenge the correctness of a grade.
- The installation of security measures to protect grade records and grade storage systems from unauthorized access.
- Limitations on access to grade records and grade storage systems.
- Discipline for students or staff who are found to have gained access to grade records without proper authorization or to have changed grades without proper authorization.
- Notice to students, faculty, transfer institutions, accreditation agencies and law enforcement agencies if unauthorized access to grade records and grade storage systems is discovered to have occurred.
See Governing Board Policy 3500; Administrative Procedures 6411, and Governing Board Policy/Administrative Procedures 5150
REFERENCES/AUTHORITY:
Title 5, Section 55025
California Education Code, Sections 76224, 76232
ADOPTED:
February 19, 1992
REVISED:
December 19, 2001; January 17, 2007; August 19, 2009; March 1, 2017
