Ohio Campus Disruption Act (Acts of Violence)

The Ohio Campus Disruption Act passed by the 108th Ohio General Assembly became effective in September 1970.This Act directly affects the operation of state universities in Ohio.The Act has specific ramifications for the students, faculty, and staff at University. In essence, any individual who commits an act of violence and is arrested for that violation is subject to immediate suspension from the University. The Act reads in part that a student, faculty or staff member, or employee of a college or University which receives any state funds in support thereof who is arrested for any of the so-called trigger offenses listed below shall be afforded a hearing, as provided in this Act, to determine whether he/she shall be immediately suspended from that college or University. Such hearings shall be held within not more than five days after his/her arrest, subject to reasonable continuances for good cause shown; continuances shall not exceed a total of ten days. If at the hearing the referee finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person whose suspension is being considered committed any offense covered below, the referee shall order the person suspended.

Except for cases in which the good order and discipline of a college or University will be prejudiced or compromised thereby, the referee may permit the person to return to the college or University on terms of strict disciplinary probation. Subsequent violation of the terms of the probation automatically causes the provisions of the Campus Disruption Act to go into effect. By code section and title, these offenses are as follows:

• 2905.02-Abduction.
• 2903.12-Aggravated assault.
• 2911.01-Aggravated robbery
• 2911.11-Aggravated burglary
• 2903.21-Aggravated menacing
• 2903.01-Aggravated murder
• 2917.02-Aggravated riot.
• 2909.02-Aggravated arson.
• 2921.35-Aiding escape
• 2909.03-Arson
• 2903.13-Assault
• 2911.12-Burglary
• 2923.13-Carrying a concealed weapon
• 2909.04-Disrupting public services
• 2919.25-Domestic violence
• 2921.34-Escape
• 2905.11-Extortion
• 2903.11-Felonious assault
• 2907.12-Felonious sexual penetration
• 2917.01-Inciting to violence
• 2917.31-Inducing panic
• 2921.03-Intimidation of public officials
• 2903.04-Involuntary manslaughter
• 2905.01-Kidnaping
• 2903.22-Menacing
• 2903.02-Murder
• 2970.02-Rape
• 2917.03-Riot
• 2911.02-Robbery
• 2907.03-Sexual battery
• 2902.05-Vandalism
• 2903.03-Voluntary manslaughter.