WSR 13-23-013

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed November 8, 2013, 1:49 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Sexual assault policy.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 28B50 [28B.50] RCW.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This will be a new policy for the college to highlight the critical and specific issues and procedures regarding this sensitive issue.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: This policy will meet federal and state laws as follows: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, the Age Discrimination and Employment Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Violence Against Women Act, and the state law against discrimination, chapter 49.60 RCW.

Process for Developing New Rule: Review by president's cabinet, college council and the board of trustees.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Thomas Oliver, Olympic College Rules Coordinator, (360) 475-7502 or toliver@olympic.edu, to provide comments on this rule.

November 8, 2013

Thomas Oliver

Rules Coordinator