WSR 16-06-028

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed February 22, 2016, 10:01 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Title 132R WAC, student conduct code.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28B.50.140 and chapter 34.05 RCW.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Changes to the current Title 132R WAC are necessary to comply with the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, to clarify processes for compliance with United States Department of Education Title IX as described in Dear Colleague Letter: Harassment and Bullying (October 26, 2010), and to clarify campus marijuana use rules in light of I-502.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: All other Washington community and technical colleges under the jurisdiction of the Washington state board for community and technical colleges regulate student conduct through a student code of conduct.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Bob Mohrbacher, 7662 Chanute Street N.E., Moses Lake, WA 98837, phone (509) 793-2055, fax (509) 762-6329, bobm@bigbend.edu; or Candy Lacher, 7662 Chanute Street N.E., Moses Lake, WA 98837, phone (509) 793-2063, fax (509) 762-6329, candyl@bigbend.edu.

February 12, 2016

Bob Mohrbacher

Vice-President of

Instruction and

Student Services