Campus Hazing Policy

Prohibited Organizations and Hazing

As published in Alvin Community College Board of Regents Policy FLBC (LEGAL), hazing is defined as any intentional, knowing, or reckless act, occurring on or off the campus of an educational institution, by one person alone or acting with others, directed against a student for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in, or maintaining membership in an organization if the act:

• Is any type of physical brutality, such as whipping, beating, striking, branding, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on the body, or similar activity.
• Involves sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, calisthenics, or other similar activity that subjects the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student.
• Involves consumption of a food, liquid, alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug, or other substance, other than as described by item 5, that subjects the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student.
• Is any activity that induces, causes, or requires the student to perform a duty or task that involves a violation of the Penal Code.
• Involves coercing, as defined by Penal Code 1.07, 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, as defined by Penal Code 49.01. Education Code 37.151(6); 51.936(a)

In accordance with 20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(9)(G) and Board Policy FLBC (LEGAL), Alvin Community College will develop a campus hazing transparency report if any student organization is found to be in violation of the College’s standards of conduct related to hazing. As of 6/11/2025, there have been no findings of a hazing violation.