Forms and FAQ

RA reports are reviewed by Student Conduct and Community Standards. If the report alleges you engaged in misconduct, SCCS will send a notice of complaint to your UNT email address. The notice will explain what misconduct is alleged and who you should contact to schedule a meeting to discuss the allegation.

The police will send a copy of the student referral to Student Conduct and Community Standards. SCCS will review the police report and contact you. Check your UNT email address for a notice or meeting request or meeting request from SCCS. It can take a few days for SCCS to review the police report, especially for referrals given to students over the weekend. 

You'll meet with a SCCS representative who will want to talk with you about what happened. You'll be asked for your perspective and if there is any information that SCCS should look at or anyone SCCS should talk to in order to make a well-informed decision about what happened. The SCCS representative wants to hear your perspective and have all of the relevant information to make a good decision about what happened and how the situation should be addressed.

Students can talk with a peer advocate to help prepare for a SCCS conduct meeting. 

Depending on the type of case and the type of outcome, you may have the option to request reconsideration or a review. Reconsideration is the opportunity to give the SCCS representative who made the original decision new information, not previously available, that may change the finding or the sanction. Review is the opportunity to have a neutral, third party review Student Conduct and Community Standards decision. When the SCCS representative explains their decision they should also explain your option to request reconsideration or a review. Be sure to pay attention to the deadline.

If you have questions about your options to request reconsideration or review you can talk with a peer advocate or call the Dean of Students Office (940.565.2648).

Student Conduct and Community Standards keeps student conduct records. These records are separate from a student's transcript and other types of records UNT keeps about students. Student conduct records are typically kept for seven years, then they are destroyed. If a student's good conduct standing is permanently removed, they are suspended or expelled, then the record is permanently kept.

Inside of UNT, student conduct records are only shared with employees who need to know information from the record in order to do their job. For example, residence hall staff would need to know if a student has been removed from a residence hall. Outside of UNT, information from a student conduct record is generally only shared with the student's written, signed consent. There are some exceptions to this, which are explained in UNT's FERPA Policy. 

If you think a student has engaged in misconduct please contact the Dean of Students Office (940.565.2648 or conduct.dos@unt.edu) to make a report. If you believe a student has committed a crime you can also make a report to the UNT Police Department (940.565.3000) or the appropriate law enforcement agency. If you believe a student has engaged in discrimination, harassment, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, relationship violence, or stalking you can also make a report to the Office of Equal Opportunity (940.565.2759, oeo@unt.edu). 

Contact the Dean of Students Office (phone: 940.565.2648, email: conduct.dos@unt.edu, location: University Union 409). We look forward to speaking with you!

Anyone can be an advisor. Students have had friends, family members, professors, mentors, and attorneys serve as advisors. Advisors assist and support students accused of violating the Code of Student Conduct. The Code calls accused students respondents. In some cases, there are also complainants (the person who experienced the alleged misconduct). Complainants can also be accompanied by an advisor to meetings.

An advisor helps you prepare for meetings with the university about the alleged violation as well as assist with any issues that may arise for the Respondent during the process (counseling, advocating professors, etc). This includes meetings with the Dean of Students Representative investigating the allegation and with the Committee on Student Conduct if you have a review before the committee. An advisor does not represent you in meetings. This means an advisor cannot speak on your behalf, question witnesses, or otherwise actively participate in the process. During meetings the advisor's role is limited to quiet consultation, exchanging notes with you, and conferring with you during breaks.

Preparation before a meeting can help you make the best use of an advisor. Conduct meetings can feel stressful. You may get nervous and forget the important points or questions. If you and your advisor have talked about what you want to say or questions you have, the advisor can provide reminders so nothing important is forgotten. An advisor could also help you think through questions, offer feedback on a statement, or help you practice answers to potential questions to help you feel prepared.

You can have an attorney as an advisor. This is at your own expense. An attorney's role in the conduct process is the same as an advisor. If you want to have an attorney attend meetings with you the university needs to know in advance and one of the university's attorneys will attend. The only time a university attorney attends a conduct-related meeting is if the respondent or complainant brings an attorney.

If you have questions about the conduct process or need assistance please call Student Conduct and Community Standards at 940-565-2039 or visit us in suite 411 of the University Union.