WSR 13-13-069

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed June 18, 2013, 11:42 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Adopting chapter 172-130 WAC, Undergraduate housing requirement, these rules create an on-campus housing requirement for first-year students at Eastern Washington University.

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 rule changes are needed to establish a more integrated learning environment and experience for first-year students in order to improve the academic success and retention of those students.

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.

June 18, 2013

Trent Lutey

University Policy Administrator