PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

[Filed October 9, 2020, 9:49 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 516-21 WAC, Student conduct code.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28B.35.120(12); and 20 U.S.C. 1681-1688.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Update student conduct code to be in compliance with new Title IX federal regulations from the Department of Education. The new rules went into effect August 14, 2020.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

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 Michael Sledge, Executive Director, Student Life, 516 High Street, Mailstop 9105, Bellingham, WA 98225, phone 360-650-2484, TTY Washington relay 711, email Michael.Sledge@wwu.edu, website https://wp.wwu.edu/officeofstudentlife/student-conduct-process/; or Jennifer Sloan, Rules Coordinator, 516 High Street, Mailstop 9015, Bellingham, WA 98225, phone 360-650-3117, TTY Washington relay 711, email Jennifer.Sloan@wwu.edu, website https://rcps.wwu.edu/rules-coordinator/.