WSR 15-24-024

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed November 20, 2015, 9:23 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Modification to the drug-free campus policy.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28B.50.140.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To receive federal funding, the college is required to have a policy with respect to being a drug-free campus.

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 Jennifer Howard, Vice-President of Administrative Services, Everett Community College, 2000 Tower Street, Everett, WA 98201, e-mail jhoward@everettcc.edu, fax (425) 388-9228 or phone (425) 388-9232.

Board of trustee meetings, in which public comment is received, occur each third Tuesday of the month, 5 p.m. at the Olympus Hall Board Room, 801 Wetmore Avenue, Everett, WA 98201.

November 20, 2015

Jennifer L. Howard

Vice-President of

Administrative Services