Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The United States Department of Education (DOE) issued updated rules governing compliance with and enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 on May 22, 2020, with an effective date of August 14, 2020. South Puget Sound Community College is updating chapter 132X-60 WAC, Code of student rights and responsibilities (the student conduct code) and other related rules to bring the college into compliance with the newly issued DOE requirements. The college is also making other changes to the student conduct rules to update them for compliance with current best practices. In making changes to the student conduct code, some portions of the existing chapter 132X-60 WAC may be moved to other sections of Title 132X WAC, and additional limited changes to other portions of Title 132X WAC may be needed for compliance with best practices related to the changes in the updated student conduct code.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: DOE regulates institutions of higher education for compliance with Title IX and the proposed rules are being developed in response to newly issued DOE rules on these topics. The state board for community and technical colleges has general supervision and control over the community and technical college system but does not regulate each college's rule-making activity.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Dr. David Pelkey, 2011 Mottman Road S.W., Olympia, WA 98512, phone 360-596-5231, fax 360-596-5709, email dpelkey@spscc.edu, website spscc.edu.