Hazing

Hazing is a criminal violation under Texas law and is prohibited at Collin College, on Collin College property, or while attending Collin College-sponsored activities on or off campus.

“Hazing” means any intentional, knowing, or reckless act occurring on or off Collin College campuses that is directed against a student for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in, or maintaining membership in an organization. Hazing includes, but is not limited to:

 

1. Any type of physical brutality (e.g., whipping, beating, striking, branding, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on the body);
2. Sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, calisthenics, or other similar activity;
3. Consumption of a food, liquid, alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug, or other substance;
4. Any activity that induces, causes, or requires the student to perform a duty or task that involves a violation of the Texas Penal Code; or
5. Coercing the student to consume a drug or an alcoholic beverage or liquor in an amount that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the student is intoxicated.

 

Acts of hazing subject the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or adversely affect the mental or physical health or safety of the student.

A person commits an offense if the person:

 

1. Engages in hazing;
2. Solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another in engaging in hazing;
3. Recklessly permits hazing to occur; or
4. Has first-hand knowledge of the planning of a specific hazing incident involving a student at Collin College, or has first-hand knowledge that a specific hazing incident has occurred, and knowingly fails to report that knowledge in writing to the district dean of students or other appropriate Collin College official.

Visit the Universal Reporting Form and follow the instructions to submit a Student Incident Report Form.

Collin College will develop and post in a prominent location on its website a report on hazing committed on or off campus by an organization registered with or recognized by Collin College. The link to this report is below.

 

Each fall and spring semester, the District Dean of Students Office distributes to each enrolled student a summary of the Texas Education Code Chapter 37, Subchapter F hazing provisions and the link to Collin College's hazing report via email.

 

Each student who attends New Student Orientation is given a notice regarding the nature and availability of the hazing report, including the report’s address on Collin College’s website.

 

Collin College publishes a summary of the provisions of the Texas Education Code Chapter 37, Subchapter F in each edition of the Collin College Catalog and Collin College Student Handbook.

Collin College has not had any organizations that have been disciplined for hazing on or off campus during the previous three (3) years.

To learn more about hazing, see the Student Code of Conduct located in the current Collin College Student Handbook.

Visit Collin College's Resource page to access various on- and off-campus resources.