The OU Board of Regents will vote on a new academic integrity system at its Jan. 26 to 27 meeting, said an assistant director to the Academic Integrity Systems.

After a semester of presenting to UOSA and the Faculty Senate, the OU Integrity Council’s new academic integrity system was presented to the OU to the Board of Regents by members of the provost’s office in a private meeting last week. The regents will return in January to vote on the new system, said Breea Bacon, Academic Integrity Systems assistant director.

The Integrity Council spent the semester revising OU’s Academic Misconduct Code, which will be renamed the Academic Integrity Code if the changes pass.

“The new Academic Integrity Code allows the option, at the discretion of the Provost’s office, for rehabilitation in lieu of suspension for students who have violated the code,” said Elizabeth Miracle, Integrity Council chairwoman.

Students undergoing the rehabilitation process would attend a “Do You Understand Integrity?” course.

“The rehabilitative class aims at instilling an appreciation for the value of integrity in students,” said Miracle, political science and international security studies senior.

Bacon said that if they go into effect, the changes to the Academic Misconduct Code would require that the Integrity Council take on more members.

“If the changes [to the Academic Misconduct Code] make it through, we will need more members to man the system,” Bacon said.

The council will focus on their biggest membership drive in April.

Most years, Integrity Council only accepts new members to replace graduating students and invites between 20 and 25 new members to join the council, Miracle said. This is usually about one third of the total applicants.

Because changes to the codes are not finalized, the Integrity Council is unsure of how many additional members they will accept this spring.