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REPORTS AND RECORDS | No. 9-15 | Rev. 12-1-87 |
| Date 3-7-74 | |||
PROCEDURE
A. Any faculty member shall have the right to examine any University
records which are retrievable in the faculty member's name, with the
exception of legally privileged documents or other documents classified
as confidential according to the laws of the State of Utah.
B. When an informal conciliatory meeting results in dismissal of the complaint, all records, letters, material and information gathered in
connection with the complaint shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed
of in a manner acceptable to the respondent. The respondent may request
copies of letters or other documents for personal retention. Otherwise,
no other records shall be maintained.
C. When an informal conciliatory meeting results in an administrative disposition other than dismissal of the complaint, a record sufficient
to support that decision shall be maintained by the responsible
administrator involved. The records shall be kept on file until such
time that the responsible administrator determines that no useful
purpose would be served by their retention. Copies of all such
material, including the written statement of the complaint, informal
minutes or descriptive account of the proceedings and the statement of
action taken shall be made available to the respondent upon request.
D. Accurate and complete records will be maintained by the chair of the
Faculty Review Board for all formal hearings. With the exception of the
respondent's copy, all records pertaining to the formal hearing,
including those generated in the process of a preliminary investigation
and/or conciliatory meeting, will be sealed and filed in the President's
Office. They may be made available for review by authorized
individuals only through and on the decision of the president and the
chair of the current Faculty Review Board, and then only after duly
notifying the respondent as to the purpose for such release. The
respondent shall have the right, with a representative, to offer
arguments as to why such release should not take place.
E. When faculty members resign or are terminated with their consent while
proceedings are pending under the procedure of due process, the chair of
the Faculty Board of Review shall provide a copy of the charges and any
records of meetings to the president. The respondent shall also be
notified by the chair of the respondent's right to make a written
statement to be included in the file of records.
F. The records of formal hearings shall be kept on file for five years from
the date of final disposition by the president. At the end of five
years the records shall be disposed of in a manner acceptable to the
respondent, unless the president in consultation with the University
Counsel and the chair of the current Faculty Board of Review determines
that a useful purpose would be served by their retention. Retention of
the records shall be reviewed no later than five years from the date of
the decision. A brief written explanation of the reasons to retain
shall be provided to the respondent by the president.
G. If the respondent disagrees with the proposed method of record disposal,
then the records shall be kept on file by the president. If reasonable
efforts to locate the respondent are unsuccessful, then the president in
consultation with the University Counsel and the chair of the current
Faculty Board of Review shall agree on their disposal.
H. The Faculty Board of Review shall submit an informational report annually to the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate.