WSR 15-17-098

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed August 18, 2015, 11:57 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amending chapter 172-121 WAC, Eastern Washington University student conduct code.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28B.35.120(12).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This update modifies student disciplinary council pool composition, notification procedures, sanctioning procedures, and related provisions to better support university needs and to better comply with Title IX and the Violence Against Women Act.

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

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Trent Lutey, University Policy Administrator, Office of the President, Eastern Washington University, 214 Showalter Hall, Cheney, WA 99004, phone (509) 359-6322, fax (509) 359-7036, and e-mail tlutey@ewu.edu. A public hearing will be held to permit comment on all proposed rules and revisions.

August 18, 2015

Trent Lutey

University Policy Administrator