PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Updating chapter 172-168 WAC, Library policies.
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: These rules add clarity to the existing chapter by focusing more directly on the intended scope and applicability of the chapter. The proposed revisions are intended to bring these rules up to date with current practices and to remove provisions that are prescribed by internal policies.
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; and agency study.
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.
June 23, 2011
Trent Lutey
University Policy Administrator