Procedures for Appealing Dismissal from Aviation Maintenance Technology Classes for Missing Excessive Instructional Time
Students who miss more than ten percent or more of the scheduled appointment time of an aviation maintenance technology class (14 hours of the 140-hour total for class/lab) are dismissed from the class and receive a grade of “F” in the class. Missing more than ten percent of the instructional time in an aviation maintenance technology class is commonly known as “timing out.” Students nearing the minimum limit of attendance are advised to withdraw from the class and will receive the grade of “W,” “WP,” or “WF,” depending on the prevailing policy at the time of withdrawal, if the absences are not due to “extreme and unavoidable circumstances.”
Students may appeal to the Aviation Maintenance Technology Attendance Board to overturn dismissal for timing out. The Board is composed of: 1) the Aviation Maintenance Technology program director or division chair at the applicable instructional site, 2) the Dean of Students, and the 3) Dean of Instruction. The student may return to class during the time his or her appeal is being considered by the board. The student may no longer attend the class should the board reject the appeal.
All appeals must be submitted in writing to the aviation maintenance technology program head. The program head will gather background information that may be helpful to other board members as they consider the appeal. This background information may include circumstances pertaining to the student’s absence from the class, attendance in other classes, past history of attendance and punctuality, and input from the applicable instructor regarding the student’s overall performance in the class. The program head presents this information to the other board members who vote to either uphold or overturn the dismissal. Students who are successful in their appeal must make up missed class work and instructional time, outside normal class hours, to ensure that no fewer than 126 instructional contact hours and missed materials are completed.
The Dean of Instruction notifies the student in writing of the outcome of his or her appeal. The decision of the board is final.