Intellectual+Honesty+Policy

A. R. Johnson has a complete student handbook that discusses the cheating policy and Academic Honesty. It is located at []. Below is the consequences for Violating Academic Honesty at AR johnson  ** Consequences for Violating the Academic Honesty Code **  A. For any offense the instructor will confront the student and make charges known in writing to the administration on an official Richmond County Board of Education referral form.  B. Student will not be eligible for membership in the National Honor Society.  C. Student will not be eligible for awards in the content area involved in academic dishonesty.  D. The following disciplinary procedures will serve as a __guide__ for academic dishonesty:  1. 1st Offense ……. Zero on test, exam, quiz, etc. and five (5) hours detention. Parents are notified of incident and student is placed on academic probation.  2. 2nd Offense ……. Zero on test, exam, quiz, etc. and three (3) days suspension. Parents are notified of incident. Student may be asked to return to his/her zoned school.  3. 3rd Offense ……. Zero on test, exam, quiz, etc. and suspended from school for five (5) days. Student will be referred to the superintendent with recommendation to return to zoned school.

 In agreement with the current school policy, students are required to give credit by citing, recongnizing the author of the work or source being used in a paper, project and etc.. Creative commons licensing is welcomed within the course. There will be numerous website that will reveiewed during this course. Some of the websites have been created by other educators and even state and national agencies. These common areas are worthy to be used as long as recognition is given to the source being used.