WSR 98-01-011

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

[Filed December 5, 1997, 10:18 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 516-56 WAC, University housing and dining.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28B.35.110(12).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Students and others interested in becoming student residents at Western Washington University contact the university by telephone or website and seek information regarding university housing. Housing and dining contracts, residency manuals, and handbooks are annually updated.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Kay Rich, Director, University Housing, Mailstop 9195, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225, office phone (360) 650-2950, TDD 1-800-833-6388, FAX (360) 650-6890.

December 3, 1997

Gloria A. McDonald