11. Disruption

Florida Statute § 877.13, 1006.61, and Board Policy 6Hx-18-3.35 provides that disruption of the campus environment of the institution is prohibited, including but not limited to:

11a. Deliberate or persistent disruption, obstruction, intimidation or repeated interruption of the College environment, disciplinary proceedings, or other College activities that has the purpose and effect of unreasonably interfering with a: (1) student’s ability to participate in, or benefit from the College’s program or activity; (2) staff's ability to conduct College operations. This includes inappropriate and/or excessive use of email, mobile applications, social media, telephones, laptops, and/or any other electronic devices/platforms.

11b. Disorderly, lewd, or obscene conduct or language on campus or at any College-sponsored or College-supervised activity. This includes the sending of harassing, lewd, or obscene messages or images that have the purpose and effect of unreasonably interfering with another person's ability to participate in or benefit from the College’s program or activity.

11c. Wearing styles or articles of clothing or accessories that cause undue disruption of the learning environment, or intimidation of others in the learning environment, or have the purpose and effect of unreasonably interfering with another person's ability to participate in or benefit from the College’s program or activity.

11d. Behavior that is so distracting that it is difficult or impossible to conduct a class, a meeting, College program or any other College-sponsored event.

11e. Congregating in such a fashion as to create a situation that could endanger life or property.

11f. Physical violence or abuse of any person or College-owned or controlled property, or at College sponsored or supervised functions, or conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person.

11g. Deliberate interference with academic freedom and freedom of speech, including not only disruption of Learning and College environment, but also interference with the freedom of any speaker on campus to express their views.

11h. Forcible interference with the freedom of movement at the College. Blocking of entry ways to buildings, rooms, or sections of buildings, or of hallways, or stairways, in such fashion that people find it difficult or impossible to pass. 

11i. Blocking of vehicular traffic.

11j: A lewd, indecent, or obscene conduct or expression on College-owned or College-controlled property or at College-sponsored events.

11k. Solicitation, incitement, or coercion to commit any of the articles of disruption outlined in the codes 11a-11j.