PERMANENT RULES
Purpose: Chapter 132V-130 WAC, Hazing policy, prohibits hazing at Tacoma Community College.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending chapter 132V-130 WAC.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: SSB 5075 (1993).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 04-09-016 on April 12, 2004.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 3, 2004.
August 5, 2004
Dr. April Retherford
Interim Associate Vice-President
for Student Services
OTS-7072.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 96-16-036, filed 8/1/96,
effective 9/1/96)
WAC 132V-130-020
Penalties.
(1) The Tacoma Community
College code of student rights and responsibilities
((committee)) process is applicable to hazing violations.
(2) Hazing violations are also misdemeanors punishable under state criminal law according to RCW 9A.20.021.
(3) A person who participates in the hazing of another shall forfeit any entitlement to state-funded grants, scholarships or awards for a period of time to be determined based upon the seriousness of the violation.
(4) Any student group that knowingly permits hazing shall:
(a) Be liable for harm caused to persons or property resulting from hazing; and
(b) Be denied recognition by Tacoma Community College as
an official student group on campus. If the student group is
a corporation, whether for profit or nonprofit, the individual
directors of the corporation may be held individually liable
for damages. All college funding shall be frozen for any
official student group ((scheduled to appear before the Tacoma
Community College student rights and responsibilities
committee for an)) alleged to have committed a hazing
violation.
(5) Forfeiture of college funding, state-funded grants,
scholarships or awards shall continue for a minimum of one
quarter up to and including permanent forfeiture as determined
by the Tacoma Community College student rights and
responsibilities ((committee)) process based upon the
seriousness of the violations.
[Statutory Authority: SSB 5075 passed by the 1993 legislature. 96-16-036, § 132V-130-020, filed 8/1/96, effective 9/1/96.]